Climate, trophic interactions, density dependence and carry-over effects on the population productivity of a migratory Arctic herbivorous bird

Oikos

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1181-1191

  Morrissette, Manon ^a   Bêty, Joël ^a   Gauthier, Gilles ^c   Reed, Austin ^b   Lefebvre, Josée ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE EFFECT; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GAMEBIRD; HERBIVORE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; POPULATION SIZE; PREDATION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TIME SERIES; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ANSER; ANSER CAERULESCENS ATLANTICUS; AVES; CHEN; RODENTIA;

EID: 77954591383     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.18079.x     Document Type: Article

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