Density-dependent life history and the dynamics of small populations

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1227-1239

  Mugabo, Marianne ^a,b   Perret, Samuel ^c   Legendre, Stéphane ^a   Le Galliard, Jean François ^a,c  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c ÉCOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Age structured population models; Allee effects; Life history variation; Negative density dependence; Population dynamics; Small populations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLEE EFFECT; BODY SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; EXTINCTION; GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIZARD; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; SQUAMATA; ZOOTOCA VIVIPARA;

AGE-STRUCTURED POPULATION MODELS; ALLEE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; FRANCE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIFE-HISTORY VARIATION; LIZARD; MALE; NEGATIVE DENSITY DEPENDENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SMALL POPULATIONS; STATISTICS;

AGE-STRUCTURED POPULATION MODELS; ALLEE EFFECTS; LIFE-HISTORY VARIATION; NEGATIVE DENSITY DEPENDENCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SMALL POPULATIONS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FRANCE; LIZARDS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 84886284667     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12109     Document Type: Article

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