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Density dependence occurs when the per capita growth rate of a population depends on its own density. This symposium defines direct density dependence as a decrease in the rate of population growth as population density increases, brought about by either a proportional increase in mortality and/or emigration, or a decrease in fecundity and/or immigration (as distinct from inverse and delayed responses).
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Rothery, P. (1998). The problems associated with the identification of density dependence in population data. In: Dempster, J.P., McLean, I.F.G. (eds) Insect Populations In theory and in practice. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4914-3_5
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