Modeling density dependence and climatic disturbances in caribou: A case study from the Bathurst Island complex, Canadian High Arctic

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 272, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 209-217

  Tews, J ^a,c   Ferguson, M A D ^b,d   Fahrig, L ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Government of Nunavut   (Canada)

^c ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Density independence; Environmental stochasticity; Peary caribou; Population dynamics; Population viability analysis; Simulation model

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DEER; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENDEMIC SPECIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; SNOW COVER;

BATHURST ISLAND [NUNAVUT]; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

RANGIFER; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS PEARYI;

EID: 34248665570     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2006.00257.x     Document Type: Article

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