Influence of population density and climate on the demography of subalpine golden-mantled ground squirrels

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 367-377

  Kneip, Éva ^a   Van Vuren, Dirk H ^b   Hostetler, Jeffrey A ^a   Oli, Madan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Callospermophilus lateralis; climate change; demography; density dependence; golden mantled ground squirrels; population dynamics; population regulation; Spermophilus lateralis

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LITTER SIZE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; PREDATION; RAINFALL; RODENT; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS LATERALIS;

EID: 79955095370     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/10-MAMM-A-156.1     Document Type: Article

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