Using a proxy of plant productivity (NDVI) to find key periods for animal performance: The case of roe deer

Oikos

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 565-572

  Pettorelli, Nathalie ^a   Gaillard, Jean Michel ^b   Mysterud, Atle ^a   Duncan, Patrick ^c   Stenseth, Nils Chr ^a   Delorme, Daniel ^d   Van Laere, Guy ^d   Toïgo, Carole ^d   Klein, Francois ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

^d OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; NDVI; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; UNGULATE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE;

EID: 33645111207     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2006.14447.x     Document Type: Article

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