Predicting the growth of a small introduced muskox population using population prediction intervals

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 612-618

  Asbjørnsen, Einar J ^a   Sæther, Bernt Erik ^a   Linnell, John D C ^b   Engen, Steinar ^a   Andersen, Reidar ^a,b   Bretten, Tord ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c Oppdal Bygdealmenning ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

Environmental stochasticity; Muskoxen; Ovibos moschatus; Population Prediction Interval; Population viability analysis

Indexed keywords

POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; RUMINANT;

OVIBOS; OVIBOS MOSCHATUS; OVIBOS MOSCHATUS MOSCHATUS;

EID: 27644509156     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2005.00946.x     Document Type: Article

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