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Sensitivity of population energy efficiency indices to differences in mortality rates

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Simulation techniques were used to study the response of population energy efficiencies to changes in survival rates. Efficiency indices are very conservative over a wide range of survivorship curves.

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  1. Department of Zoology, University of New England, 2351, N.S.W., Australia

    D. J. Woodland & S. C. Cairns

  2. Division of Ecology, University of New England, 2351, N.S.W., Australia

    D. J. Woodland & S. C. Cairns

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Woodland, D.J., Cairns, S.C. Sensitivity of population energy efficiency indices to differences in mortality rates. Oecologia 46, 214–216 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00540128

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