Modelling interactions between scavenger behaviour and farming practices: Impacts on scavenger population and ecosystem service efficiency

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 222, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 982-992

  Dupont, H ^a   Mihoub, J B ^a   Becu, N ^b   Sarrazin, F ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Carrying capacity; Conservation; Ecosystem service; Farming practices; Feeding stations management; Multi agent system; Resource distribution; Scavengers; Vulture

Indexed keywords

CARRYING CAPACITY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FARMING PRACTICES; RESOURCE DISTRIBUTION; SCAVENGERS; VULTURE;

COMPETITION; FEEDING; FORESTRY; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; OPTIMIZATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; RECYCLING;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FARMING SYSTEM; LIVESTOCK; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DECLINE; RAPTOR; RECYCLING; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SCAVENGING (FEEDING); SPECIES CONSERVATION;

EID: 78651461988     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.11.029     Document Type: Article

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