• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Density Dependence is Better Than Ratio Dependence
  • Contributor: Gleeson, Scott K.
  • Published: The Ecological Society of America, 1994
  • Published in: Ecology, 75 (1994) 6, Seite 1834-1835
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 0012-9658; 1939-9170
  • Keywords: Ratio-Dependent Predation--Some Comments On An Ecology Special Feature
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  • Description: Ratio-dependent models make very specific assumptions that prevent them from serving as a foundation for general consumer-resource theory. Traditional density-dependent models can be, and have been, modified to incorporate similar alternative assumptions and many others.