Decoupling of component and ensemble density feedbacks in birds and mammals

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1728-1740

  Herrando Pérez, Salvador ^a,b   Delean, Steven ^a   Brook, Barry W ^a   Bradshaw, Corey J A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Bioestudios Saganta   (Spain)

^c SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Compensation; Conservation; Density dependence; Depensation; Fertility; Management; Mortality; Population regulation; Recruitment; Survival

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIRD; COMPENSATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FERTILITY; GROWTH RATE; MAMMAL; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEM; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84864247727     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-1415.1     Document Type: Article

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