Density dependent and temporal variability in habitat selection by a large herbivore; an experimental approach

Oikos

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 209-218

  Mobæk, Ragnhild ^a   Mysterud, Atle ^b   Egil Loe, Leif ^b   Holand, Øystein ^a   Austrheim, Gunnar ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GRAZING; HABITAT SELECTION; HERBIVORE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SHEEP; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 58849100875     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2008.16935.x     Document Type: Article

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