Demography of Verreaux's sifaka in a stochastic rainfall environment

Oecologia

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 491-504

  Lawler, Richard R ^a,b,f   Caswell, Hal ^b   Richard, Alison F ^c   Ratsirarson, Joelisoa ^d   Dewar, Robert E ^c   Schwartz, Marion ^e  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Lemurs; Madagascar; Mark recapture; Time series

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

DEMOGRAPHY; LIFE CYCLE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING; PRIMATE; RAINFALL; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); STOCHASTICITY; SURVIVAL; TIME SERIES;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MADAGASCAR; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROSIMIAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MADAGASCAR; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAIN; SEX FACTORS; STREPSIRHINI; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

BEZA MAHAFALY SPECIAL RESERVE; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR; TOLIARA;

LEMURIDAE; PROPITHECUS; PROPITHECUS VERREAUXI VERREAUXI; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 70349290553     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1382-1     Document Type: Article

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