Factors affecting hare-lynx dynamics in the classic time series of the Hudson Bay Company, Canada

Climate Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 83-89

  Zhang, Zhibin ^a   Tao, Yi ^b   Li, Zhenqing ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Canadian lynx; ENSO; Lepus americanus; Lynx canadensis; Population outbreaks; Prey predator interaction; Self regulation; Snow hare; SOI

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION METHODS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE EFFECT; CORRELATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MAMMAL; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CANADA; HUDSON BAY; NORTH AMERICA;

LEPUS AMERICANUS; LYNX; LYNX CANADENSIS;

EID: 44349155727     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr034083     Document Type: Article

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