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Population Stability

Population Stability is a theoretical construct in population ecology that denotes the capacity of a population to maintain relatively constant size over time despite environmental fluctuations, thereby distinguishing it from concepts emphasizing change or cyclical dynamics within population regulation studies.

953

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66.4K

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2.3K

Authors

962

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2017–2026

157

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Publications

953

The Ecology of Individuals: Incidence and Implications of Individual Specialization

Daniel I. Bolnick, Richard Svanbäck, James A. Fordyce et al. · The American Naturalist · 2003 · 2.8K citations

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Fluctuations of Animal Populations and a Measure of Community Stability

Robert H. MacArthur · Ecology · 1955 · 2.2K citations

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THE ECOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF CHANGES IN BIODIVERSITY: A SEARCH FOR GENERAL PRINCIPLES<sup>101</sup>

David Tilman · Ecology · 1999 · 1.7K citations

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Biological Populations with Nonoverlapping Generations: Stable Points, Stable Cycles, and Chaos

Robert M. May · Science · 1974 · 1.7K citations

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Biodiversity: Population Versus Ecosystem Stability

David Tilman · Ecology · 1996 · 1.6K citations

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Authors

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  1. JM
    J. M. Cushing

    University of Arizona, United States

    8 publications · 555 citations

    8

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  2. PC
    Paul Cull

    Oregon State University, United States

    7 publications · 349 citations

    7

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  3. EL
    Eduardo Liz

    Universidade de Vigo, Spain

    7 publications · 199 citations

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  4. AJ
    Amitabh Joshi

    Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, India

    6 publications · 133 citations

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  5. RM
    Robert M. May

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 3.3K citations

    6

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Institutions

962

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    15 h-index

    49 publications

    2K citations

  2. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    14 h-index

    18 publications

    973 citations

  3. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    12 h-index

    19 publications

    1.5K citations

  4. Oregon State University

    Corvallis, United States

    11 h-index

    13 publications

    798 citations

  5. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    11 h-index

    16 publications

    5.6K citations

  6. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    11 h-index

    20 publications

    1.1K citations

  7. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    10 h-index

    21 publications

    17.3K citations

  8. University of Florida

    Gainesville, United States

    9 h-index

    16 publications

    1.6K citations

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Venues

  1. The American Naturalist

    AN · 33 publications · 8.8K citations

    28

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  2. Ecology

    26 publications · 7.7K citations

    23

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  3. Theoretical Population Biology

    TPB · 25 publications · 1.4K citations

    20

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  4. Journal of Mathematical Biology

    21 publications · 958 citations

    17

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  5. Oikos

    18 publications · 1.2K citations

    16

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