Geographical variation in the influence of density dependence and climate on the recruitment of Norwegian moose

Oecologia

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 685-695

  Grøtan, Vidar ^a   Sæther, Bernt Erik ^a   Lillegård, Magnar ^a   Solberg, Erling J ^b   Engen, Steinar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alces alces; Density dependence; Environmental stochasticity; Geographical demographic variation; Stochastic population dynamics

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BODY MASS; CLIMATE VARIATION; DATA ACQUISITION; DEMOGRAPHIC METHOD; FECUNDITY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MAMMAL; MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; NORWAY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; STATISTICS; TIME;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; NORWAY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RUMINANTS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TIME FACTORS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

ALCES ALCES;

EID: 70349486970     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1419-5     Document Type: Article

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