Joint effects of density dependence and rainfall on abundance of San Joaquin kit fox

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 388-400

  Dennis, Brian ^a   Otten, Mark R M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b Nav Petrol Reserves in California   (United States)

^c Raymond Walters College   (United States)

Author keywords

AIC; BIC; Bootstrapping; California grassland; Carrying capacity; Density dependence; Ecological time series; Kangaroo rat; Kit fox; Logistic model; Population viability analysis; SIC; Stochastic population model; Vulpes macrotis mutica

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; CANID; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; MINIMUM VIABLE POPULATION; POPULATION MODELING; RAINFALL;

CALIFORNIA; NAVAL PETROLEUM RESERVES; UNITED STATES;

CANIDAE; CANIS LATRANS; DIPODOMYS; MACROPUS SP.; MACROTIS; VULPES; VULPES MACROTIS; VULPES MACROTIS MUTICA;

EID: 0034004649     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3803237     Document Type: Article

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