Irruptive population dynamics in Yellowstone pronghorn

Ecological Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1598-1606

  White, P J ^a   Bruggeman, Jason E ^b   Garrott, Robert A ^b  

^a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antilocapra americana; Density dependence; Large herbivores; Logistic growth; Population models; Pronghorn; Time series; Yellowstone National Park

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FECUNDITY; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORE; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RUMINANT; SHRUB; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

ANIMALIA; ANTILOCAPRA AMERICANA; ANTILOCAPRIDAE; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS;

ANIMAL; ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTELOPES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS; WYOMING;

EID: 38449092902     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-2032.1     Document Type: Article

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