Direct evidence that density-dependent regulation underpins the temporal stability of abundant species in a diverse animal community

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1791, 2014, Pages

  Henderson, Peter A ^b   Magurran, Anne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b PISCES CONSERVATION LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Relative abundance; Stability; Temporal variability

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOMASS; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DOMINANCE; FISH; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIMESCALE;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; ESTUARY; FISH; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; ENGLAND; ESTUARIES; FISHES; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS;

EID: 84905472323     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.1336     Document Type: Article

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