Dynamics of a harvested moose population in a variable environment

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 186-204

  Solberg, Erling Johan ^a   Saether, Bernt Erik ^b   Strand, Olav ^a   Loison, Anne ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cohort analysis; Density dependence; Harvesting; Moose

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; HARVESTING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNGULATE;

NORWAY;

ALCES ALCES;

EID: 0032920694     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.1999.00275.x     Document Type: Article

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