Investigating the interaction between ungulate grazing and resource effects on Vaccinium myrtillus populations with integral projection models

Oecologia

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 695-706

  Hegland, Stein Joar ^a,c   Jongejans, Eelke ^b   Rydgren, Knut ^c  

^a Norwegian Red Deer Centre   (Norway)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Fjordane University College   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cervus elaphus; Environmental gradient; IPM; LTRE; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; DICOTYLEDON; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GRAZING PRESSURE; GROWTH RATE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNGULATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NORWAY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREE; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS;

ANIMALS; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NORWAY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREES; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS;

NORWAY; SOGN OG FJORDANE; SVANOY;

CERVUS ELAPHUS; UNGULATA; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS;

EID: 77953683990     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1616-2     Document Type: Article

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