Beyond sensitivity: Nonlinear perturbation analysis of transient dynamics

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 673-684

  Stott, Iain ^a   Hodgson, David James ^a   Townley, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inertia; Perturbation analysis; Population management; Population projection matrix, Sensitivity, Transfer function, Transient dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875257844     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2012.00199.x     Document Type: Article

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