Yellow-bellied marmot population dynamics: Demographic mechanisms of growth and decline

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2446-2455

  Oli, Madan K ^a   Armitage, Kenneth B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Demographic mechanisms of population dynamics; Elasticity analysis; LTRE analysis; Marmota flaviventris; Partial life cycle model; Population dynamics and regulation; Yellow bellied marmot demography

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; MARMOTA; MARMOTA FLAVIVENTRIS; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 5344252402     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-0513     Document Type: Article

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