Chapter 5 Empirical Evidence of Density-Dependence in Populations of Large Herbivores

Advances in Ecological Research

Volumn 41, Issue , 2009, Pages 313-357

  Bonenfant, Christophe ^a   Gaillard, Jean Michel ^a   Coulson, Tim ^a   Festa Bianchet, Marco ^a   Loison, Anne ^a   Garel, Mathieu ^a   Loe, Leif Egil ^a   Blanchard, Pierrick ^a   Pettorelli, Nathalie ^a   Owen Smith, Norman ^a   Du Toit, Johan ^a   Duncan, Patrick ^a  

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