The role of predation in the decline and extirpation of woodland caribou

Oecologia

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 257-267

  Wittmer, Heiko U ^a,c   Sinclair, Anthony R E ^a   McLellan, Bruce N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allee effect; Apparent competition; Inverse density dependence; Population dynamics; Rangifer tarandus caribou

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ENDANGERED SPECIES; RECOVERY; UNGULATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; PREGNANCY; REINDEER; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; TELEMETRY;

ANIMALS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; REINDEER; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; TELEMETRY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS CARIBOU;

EID: 23844482485     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0055-y     Document Type: Article

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