Correlated cycles of snowshoe hares and Dall's sheep lambs

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 736-743

  Wilmshurst, J F ^a   Greer, R ^b   Henry, J D ^b  

^a PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

^b Kluane National Park and Reserve   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

BOREAL FOREST; POPULATION MODELS; SHEEP; SNOWSHOE HARES;

BIODIVERSITY;

INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; SHEEP; SMALL MAMMAL; SURVIVAL;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SHEEP MOUNTAIN [YUKON TERRITORY]; YUKON TERRITORY;

LEPUS; LEPUS AMERICANUS; OVIS ARIES; OVIS DALLI;

EID: 33747074827     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z06-051     Document Type: Article

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