Metapopulation dynamics on the brink of extinction

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 101-122

  Eriksson, A ^a   Elias Wolff F ^b   Mehlig, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Extinction; Metapopulations; Migration; Stochastic dynamics

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXTINCTION; GROWTH RATE; METAPOPULATION; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; STOCHASTICITY; TIMESCALE;

ARTICLE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES EXTINCTION; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 84873462858     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: 10960325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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