Weak compensation of harvest despite strong density-dependent growth in willow ptarmigan

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1537, 2004, Pages 381-385

  Pedersen, H C ^a   Steen, H ^b   Kastdalen, L ^b   Broseth H ^a   Ims, R A ^c   Svendsen, W ^d   Yoccoz, N G ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d Statskog Finnmark   (Norway)

Author keywords

Compensation; Density dependence; Game; Harvest; Lagopus lagopus

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; GAMEBIRD; GROWTH; HUNTING;

ARTICLE; COMPENSATION; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GROWTH RATE; HARVEST PERIOD; POPULATION DENSITY DEPENDENCE; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILLOW;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

AVES; LAGOPUS; LAGOPUS LAGOPUS; PHASIANIDAE; SALIX;

EID: 1242337306     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2599     Document Type: Article

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