Density dependence: An ecological Tower of Babel

Oecologia

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 585-603

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allee effect; Demographic rate; Density feedback; Population dynamics; Regulation; Terminology

Indexed keywords

ALLEE EFFECT; DEMOGRAPHY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PARASITISM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; PREDATION; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 84867502837     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2347-3     Document Type: Review

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