Climatic variability, plant phenology, and northern ungulates

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1322-1339

  Post, Eric ^a   Stenseth, Nils Chr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Climate change; Density dependence; Ecosystem function; Flowering dates; Herbivores, large; North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO); Plant phenology; Plant herbivore interactions; Population dynamics; Ungulates

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOWERING; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION ECOLOGY; UNGULATE;

NORTH AMERICA; SCANDINAVIA;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 0033045072     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[1322:CVPPAN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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