Can we use the young: Female ratio to infer ungulate population dynamics? An empirical test using red deer Cervus elaphus as a model

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 361-370

  Bonenfant, Christophe ^a,c   Gaillard, Jean Michel ^a   Klein, François ^b   Hamann, Jean Luc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Calf detectability; Count ratios; Individual based data; Methodology; Mother calf bond; Population management; Vital rates

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; BIRTH RATE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION STRUCTURE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 18444391261     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2005.01008.x     Document Type: Article

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