Jensen's Inequality and the Impact of Short-Term Environmental Variability on Long-Term Population Growth Rates.

It is well established in theory that short-term environmental fluctuations could affect the long-term growth rates of wildlife populations, but this theory has rarely been tested and there remains little empirical evidence that the effect is actually important in practice. Here we develop models to...

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Main Authors: Evan J Pickett, David L Thomson, Teng A Li, Shuang Xing
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4564168?pdf=render