Large-scale climatic fluctuation and population dynamics of moose and white-tailed deer

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 537-543

  Post, Eric ^a   Stenseth, Nils Chr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alces alces; North Atlantic Oscillation; Odocoileus virginianus; Predation; Wolves

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; UNGULATE;

ALCES ALCES; CANIS LUPUS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 0031830116     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.1998.00216.x     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Albon, S.D. & Clutton-Brock, T.H. (1988) Climate and the population dynamics of red deer in Scotland. Ecological Change in the Uplands (eds M.B. Usher & D.B.A. Thompson), pp. 93-107. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford.
2. Albon, S.D., Clutton-Brock, T.H. & Guinness, F.E. (1987) Early development and population dynamics in red deer. II. Density-independent effects and cohort variation. Journal of Animal Ecology, 56, 69-81.
3. Albon, S.D., Clutton-Brock, T.H. & Langvatn, R. (1992) Cohort variation in reproduction and survival: implications for population demography. In: The Biology of Deer (ed. R.D. Brown), pp. 15-21. Springer-Verlag, New York.
4. Bartlett, M.S. (1946) On the theoretical specification of sampling properties of autocorrelated time series. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society (Suppl.), 8, 27-411.
5. Clutton-Brock, T.H. & Albon, S.D. (1982) Winter mortality in red deer (Cervus elaphus). Journal of Zoology, 198, 515-519.
6. Clutton-Brock, T.H., Price, O.F., Albon, S.D. & Jewell, P.A. (1991) Persistent instability and population regulation in Soay sheep. Journal of Animal Ecology, 60, 593-608.
7. Feldhamer, G.A., Kilbane, T.P. & Sharp, D.W. (1989) Cumulative effect of winter on acorn yield and deer body weight. The Journal of Wildlife Management, 53, 292-295.
8. Hurrell, J.W. (1995) Decadal trends in the North Atlantic Oscillation: regional temperatures and precipitation. Science, 269, 676-679.
9. Hurrell, J.W. (1996) Influence of variations in extratropical wintertime teleconnections on northern hemisphere temperature. Geophysical Research Letters, 23, 665-668.
10. Lamb, P.J. & Peppler, R.A. (1987) North Atlantic Oscillation: concept and an application. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 68, 1218-1225.
11. McCullough, D.R. (1979) The George Reserve Deer Herd: Population Ecology of a K-Selected Species. University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor.
12. McRoberts, R.E., Mech, L.D. & Peterson, R.O. (1995) The cumulative effect of consecutive winters' snow depth on moose and deer populations: a defence. Journal of Animal Ecology, 64, 131-135.
13. Mech, L.D., McRoberts, R.E., Peterson. R.O. & Page, R.E. (1987) Relationship of deer and moose populations to previous winters' snow. Journal of Animal Ecology, 56, 615-627.
14. Messier, F. (1991) The significance of limiting and regulating factors on the demography of moose and white-tailed deer. Journal of Animal Ecology, 60, 377-393.
15. Messier, F. (1995) Is there evidence for a cumulative effect of snow on moose and deer populations? Journal of Animal Ecology, 64, 136-140.
16. Myers, R.A., Mertz, G. & Barrowman, N.J. (1995) Spatial scales of variability in cod recruitment in the North Atlantic. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science, 52, 1849-1862.
17. Nelson, M.E. & Mech, L.D. (1986) Relationship between snow depth and gray wolf predation on white-tailed deer. Journal of Wildlife Management, 50, 471-474.
18. Neter, J., Wasserman, W. & Kutner, M. (1990) Applied Linear Statistical Models, 3rd edn. Irwin, Boston.
19. Post, E., Stenseth, N.C., Langvatn, R. & Fromentin, J.-M. (1997) Global climate change and phenotypic variation among red deer cohorts. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 264, 1317-1324.
20. Priestley, M.B. (1981) Spectral Analysis and Time Series. Academic Press, Toronto.
21. Rogers, J.C. (1984) The association between the North Atlantic Oscillation and the Southern Oscillation in the northern hemisphere. Monthly Weather Review, 112, 1999-2015.
22. Royama, T. (1992) Analytical Population Dynamics. Chapman & Hall, London.
23. SAS Institute, Inc. (1993) SAS/ETS User's Guide, Version 6, 2nd edn. SAS Institute, Inc., Cary.