Home range dynamics and population regulation: An individual-based model of the common shrew Sorex araneus

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 205, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 397-409

  Wang, Magnus ^a   Grimm, Volker ^b  

^a RIFCON GMBH   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Common shrew; Density dependence; Home range; Individual based model; Regulation; Sorex araneus; Validation

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

COMMON SHREW; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; HOME RANGE; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODELS; SOREX ARANEUS;

ANIMALS;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DISPERSAL; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HOME RANGE; MAMMAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALIA; SOREX ARANEUS;

EID: 34248678158     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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