Comparative population dynamics of large and small mammals in the Northern Hemisphere: Deterministic and stochastic forces

Ecography

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 439-446

  Wang, Guiming M ^a   Hobbs, N Thompson ^b   Slade, Norman A ^c   Merritt, Joseph F ^d   Getz, Lowell L ^e   Hunter, Malcolm ^f   Vessey, Stephen H ^g   Witham, Jack ^a   Guillaumet, Alban ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^g BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MAMMAL; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION STRUCTURE; STOCHASTICITY;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84875676435     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2011.07156.x     Document Type: Article

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