Spatio-temporal constraints on moose habitat and carrying capacity in Coastal Alaska: Vegetation succession and climate

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 359-372

  Stephenson, Thomas R ^a   Van Ballenberghe, Victor ^b   Peek, James M ^c   MacCracken, James G ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^d Longview Fibre Co   (United States)

Author keywords

Alces alces; Habitat selection; Landscape heterogeneity; Markov chain; Winter severity

Indexed keywords

CARRYING CAPACITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GIS; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; MAMMAL; MARKOV CHAIN; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION; WINTER;

ALASKA; COPPER DELTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALCES ALCES; PICEA SITCHENSIS; SALIX;

EID: 33746902700     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/04-063.1     Document Type: Article

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