Population dynamics in wild boar Sus scrofa: Ecology, elasticity of growth rate and implications for the management of pulsed resource consumers

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1203-1213

  Bieber, Claudia ^a   Ruf, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Fecundity; Leslie matrix; Pest control; r K continuum; Stochastic ; Survival; Tree masting

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GROWTH RATE; PEST CONTROL; PIG; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALIA; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; MAMMALIA; QUERCUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 31344472667     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2005.01094.x     Document Type: Article

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