Predicting the spatial dynamics of a reintroduced population: The Persian fallow deer

Ecological Applications

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1833-1846

  Bar David, Shirli ^a,c   Saltz, David ^a   Dayan, Tamar ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Dama mesopotamica; Demography; Fallow deer; GIS; Home range; Individual based spatially explicit model; Model validation; Persian; Radio telemetry; Reintroduction

Indexed keywords

DEER; HOME RANGE; RANGE EXPANSION; REINTRODUCTION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; WORLD;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS DAMA; DAMA MESOPOTAMICA;

EID: 26044455621     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-0798     Document Type: Article

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