Spatio-temporal variation in the demographic attributes of a generalist mesopredator

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 937-950

  Beasley, James C ^a   Olson, Zachary H ^a   Dharmarajan, Guha ^a,b   Eagan II, Timothy S ^a,c   Rhodes Jr , Olin E ^a,d  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Age structure; Agricultural ecosystem; Disease; Habitat quality; Population dynamics; Predation; Procyon lotor; Program MARK; Raccoon; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGE STRUCTURE; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARNIVORE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; GENERALIST; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MAMMAL; PATCH USE; PERSISTENCE; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX RATIO; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER RESOURCE;

PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR;

EID: 79960201490     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-011-9619-x     Document Type: Article

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