Carrying Capacity

Encyclopedia of Ecology, Five-Volume Set

Volumn 1-5, Issue , 2008, Pages 528-530

  Hixon, M A ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Law of the minimum; Logistic population growth model; Population regulation; Population size; Sustainable yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015424946     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008045405-4.00468-7     Document Type: Chapter

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