Phase-dependent effect of conservation efforts in cyclically fluctuating populations of arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus)

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2586-2592

  Henden, John André ^a   Yoccoz, Nigel G ^a,b   Ims, Rolf A ^a,b   Bårdsen, Bård Jørgen ^a,b   Angerbjörn, Anders ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arctic fox; Demography; Elasticity; Management; Red fox; Small rodents; Synergistic effects

Indexed keywords

CANID; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING; PREDATOR; PREY AVAILABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RODENT; SURVIVAL;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; RODENTIA; VULPES; VULPES LAGOPUS;

EID: 69249210917     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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