How can we move beyond simple mean-field models to capture the complexities of real-world ecological systems?

Apr 4, 2021 ... We show that age of first reproduction for the red kite most likely responds non-linearly to density and that this general feedback mechanism should regularly ... Oct 31, 2014 ... Spatio-temporal variations in conspecific density and resource availability are two of the main factors responsible for plasticity in ... In population ecology, density-dependent processes occur when population growth rates are regulated by the density of a population. Jul 15, 2005 ... Growth factor receptors, extracellular matrix receptors, and cell-cell adhesion molecules co-operate in regulating the activities of ... I suggest that both density-dependent and independent factors operate simultaneously on wild turkey populations, where the relative strength of each is governed ... Apr 8, 2003 ... An increasing population of the mute swan Cygnusolor, was studied from its very establishment in 1976 until 1998. density-dependent factor ... density-dependent factor, in ecology, any force that affects the size of a population of living things in response to the density of ... Insect population dynamics are the result of an interplay between intrinsic factors such as density dependence, trophic web interactions, and externa. Density dependent factors are environmental factors that limit the population when it reaches a certain density. Some examples of density dependent factors that ... Although the dispersal of animals is influenced by a variety of factors, few studies have used a condition-dependent approach to assess it.