One hundred years of population ecology: Successes, failures and the road ahead

Integrative Zoology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 233-240

  Krebs, Charles J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abundance; Geographic distributions; History of ecology; Population models

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD CHAIN; HISTORY; HUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHENOMENA; ECOLOGY; FOOD CHAIN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84929619567     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17494877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1749-4877.12130     Document Type: Review

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