Red kangaroo (Macropus rufus) dynamics: Effects of rainfall, density dependence, harvesting and environmental stochasticity

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-53

  McCarthy, M A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Impact assessment; Ratio dependence; Ricker model; Risk assessment; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STOCHASTICITY; HARVESTING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAINFALL; RED KANGAROO;

AUSTRALIA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

MACROPUS RUFUS;

EID: 0029668186     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2405014     Document Type: Article

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