Chihuahuan desert kangaroo rats: Nonlinear effects of population dynamics, competition, and rainfall

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2594-2603

  Lima, Mauricio ^a   Ernest, S K Morgan ^b   Brown, James H ^c   Belgrano, Andrea ^d   Stenseth, Nils Chr ^e  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chihuahuan desert; Desert rodents; Dipodomys merriami; Dipodomys ordii; Dipodomys spectabilis; Interspecific competition; Kangaroo rat; Limiting factors; Population processes; Summer rainfall; Theoretical models

Indexed keywords

CARRYING CAPACITY; DESERT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIMITING FACTOR; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAINFALL; RODENT; SUMMER; THEORETICAL STUDY;

CHIHUAHUAN DESERT; NORTH AMERICA;

DIPODOMYS; DIPODOMYS DESERTI; DIPODOMYS MERRIAMI; DIPODOMYS ORDII; DIPODOMYS SPECTABILIS; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

RAIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; DESERT CLIMATE; DIPODOMYS; ECOSYSTEM; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ANIMALS; DESERT CLIMATE; DIPODOMYS; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 54549085716     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-1246.1     Document Type: Article

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