Browsing Faculty of Science by Author "MURDOCH, WW"

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  • Estimation of Temporal Variability in Populations 

    STEWARTOATEN, A.; MURDOCH, WW; Walde, Sandra Joan (1995-10)
    A common measure of the temporal variability of a population is the standard deviation of the logarithms of successive estimated population sizes, In(D-t). This measure overestimates true temporal variability (the standard ...

  • A Refuge for Red Scale Under Control by Aphytis - Structural Aspects 

    MURDOCH, WW; LUCK, RF; Walde, Sandra Joan; REEVE, JD; YU, DS (1989-12)
    No abstract available.

  • Regulation of an Insect Population Under Biological-Control 

    MURDOCH, WW; LUCK, RF; SWARBRICK, SL; Walde, Sandra Joan; YU, DS; REEVE, JD (1995-01)
    California red scale is suppressed to very low densities by the parasitoid Aphytis melinus. The system also appears stable. We report on an experimental test of the hypothesis that stability is caused by a refuge for scale. ...