Testing the irruptive paradigm of large-herbivore dynamics

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 297-303

  Forsyth, David M ^a   Caley, Peter ^b,c  

^a ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bighorn sheep; Delayed logistic growth; Eruptions; Ibex; Irruptions; Large herbivores; Population dynamics; Red deer; Reindeer; Time lags

Indexed keywords

CARRYING CAPACITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION ECOLOGY; UNGULATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PERISSODACTYLA; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PERISSODACTYLA;

CAPRA IBEX; CERVUS ELAPHUS; OVIS ARIES; OVIS CANADENSIS; RANGIFER TARANDUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 33644846656     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/05-0709     Document Type: Article

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