Weather and synchrony in 10-year population cycles of Rock Ptarmigan and Red Grouse in Scotland

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 2126-2136

  Watson, A ^a   Moss, R ^a   Rothery, P ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cycle entrainment; Density dependence, delayed; Dispersal; Interspecific synchrony; Intraspecific synchrony; Lagopus; Population cycles; Postdiction of cycles; Red Grouse; Rock Ptarmigan; Scotland; Weather cycles

Indexed keywords

GAMEBIRD; SYNCHRONY; WEATHER;

CAIRNGORMS; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033863546     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[2126:WASIYP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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