Linkages between large-scale climate patterns and the dynamics of Arctic caribou populations

Ecography

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 345-352

  Joly, Kyle ^a   Klein, David R ^b   Verbyla, David L ^b   Rupp, T Scott ^b   Chapin, F Stuart ^b  

^a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; CARNIVORE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DEER; GROWTH RATE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; WARMING;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 79953269528     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06377.x     Document Type: Article

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