Climate causes large-scale spatial synchrony in population fluctuations of a temperate herbivore

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1472-1482

  Grøtan, Vidar ^a   Sæther, Bernt Erik ^a   Engen, Steinar ^a   Solberg, Erling Johan ^b   Linnell, John D C ^b   Andersen, Reidar ^a   Brøseth, Henrik ^b   Lund, Erik ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c Directorate for Nature Management   (Norway)

Author keywords

Capreolus capreolus; Density regulation; Environmental stochasticity; North Atlantic Oscillation; Roe deer; Snow depth; Spatial synchrony; Stochastic population dynamics

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SYNCHRONY; UNGULATE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE;

EID: 20444362016     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-1502     Document Type: Article

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