Relationships between sex ratio, climate and density in red deer: The importance of spatial scale

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 959-974

  Mysterud, Atle ^a   Yoccoz, Nigel G ^a,b   Stenseth, Nils C H R ^a   Langvatn, Rolf ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cervus elaphus; Density dependence; Extrinsic modification hypothesis; North Atlantic Oscillation; Ungulates

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; DEER; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; POPULATION DENSITY; SEX RATIO;

NORWAY;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; UNGULATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034490563     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2000.00454.x     Document Type: Article

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