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the adjective for depensation
Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.
depensatory
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Allee effect — the benefit individuals gain from the presence of conspecifics, e.g. at low densities the per capita birth rate declines because of the difficulty of finding a member of the opposite sex. Also known in fisheries as depensation mortality is… … Dictionary of ichthyology
depensation — mortality is depensatory when its rate (i.e. the proportion of population affected) increases as the size of the population decreases. Depensation may explain why marine fish populations like the Atlantic cod are slow to recover even when fishing … Dictionary of ichthyology
