Population characteristics predict responses in moose body mass to temporal variation in the environment

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1110-1118

  Herfindal, Ivar ^a   Sæther, Bernt Erik ^a   Solberg, Erling Johan ^b   Andersen, Reidar ^a   Høgda, Kjell Arild ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NORUT IT AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alces alces; Environmental variation; Fundamental niche; Life history variation; Normalized difference vegetation index

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; DEER; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; FITNESS; FOOD QUALITY; NICHE; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION ECOLOGY; STOCHASTICITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEER; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NORWAY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; DEER; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NORWAY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

ALCES ALCES;

EID: 33746815588     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01138.x     Document Type: Article

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