Nonlinear effects of large-scale climatic variability on wild and domestic herbivores

Nature

Volumn 410, Issue 6832, 2001, Pages 1096-1099

  Mysterud, Atle ^a   Stenseth, Nils Chr ^a   Yoccoz, Nigel G ^a,b   Langvatn, Rolf ^c   Steinheim, Geir ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; SNOW;

CLIMATIC VARIABLES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CLIMATE EFFECT; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; UNGULATE; WEIGHT;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLIMATE; DEER; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NORWAY; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; WEATHER;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; BODY WEIGHT; CLIMATE; DEER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; NORWAY; SEASONS; SHEEP;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; OVIS ARIES; UNGULATA;

EID: 0035953612     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35074099     Document Type: Article

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