Population dynamics of large herbivores: Variable recruitment with constant adult survival

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 58-63

  Gaillard, Jean Michel ^a   Festa Bianchet, Marco ^a   Yoccoz, Nigel Gilles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERBIVORE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECRUITMENT; SURVIVAL;

AGING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVIEW; SURVIVAL TIME; WILDLIFE;

EID: 0031916185     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(97)01237-8     Document Type: Article

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