Simulating the effects of wolf-elk population dynamics on resource flow to scavengers

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 177, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 193-208

  Wilmers, Christopher C ^a   Getz, Wayne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Canis lupus; Density dependence; Hunting; Matrix model; Population dynamics; Scavenging; Subsidy; Yellowstone

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HUNTING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REINTRODUCTION; SCAVENGER;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; LETHRINIDAE;

EID: 3042728339     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2004.02.007     Document Type: Article

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