Influence of harvesting pressure on demographic tactics: Implications for wildlife management

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 835-843

  Servanty, Sabrina ^a,b,c   Gaillard, Jean Michel ^d   Ronchi, Francesca ^e   Focardi, Stefano ^e   Baubet, Éric ^f   Gimenez, Olivier ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Colorado State University ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^e INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

^f OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

Author keywords

Comparative analysis; Demography; Hunting; Life history; Life table response experiment; Prospective analysis; Retrospective analysis; Sus scrofa; Ungulate; Wild boar

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; HARVESTING; HUNTING; LIFE HISTORY; LIFE TABLE; MORTALITY; POPULATION GROWTH; SURVIVAL; UNGULATE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; UNGULATA;

EID: 79959847226     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.02017.x     Document Type: Article

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