Signatures of large-scale and local climates on the demography of white-tailed ptarmigan in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, USA

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 197-201

  Wang, Guiming ^a,d   Hobbs, N Thompson ^a   Galbraith, Hector ^b   Giesen, Kenneth M ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Galbraith Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d ARKANSAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate effects; Demography; Lagopus leucurus; Large scale climate; Local climate; North Atlantic oscillation; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; LAGOPUS; LAGOPUS LEUCURUS; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CLIMATE; COLORADO; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 0036716517     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-002-0134-2     Document Type: Article

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