Effects of climate change on moose populations: Exploring the response horizon through biometric and systems models

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 222, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 3355-3365

  Rempel, Robert S ^a  

^a ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biometric model; Climate change simulation; Moose population dynamics; Parasite; Stella; Systems model; Wolf predation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE SIMULATION; MOOSE POPULATION DYNAMICS; PARASITE-; STELLA; SYSTEMS MODELS; WOLF PREDATION;

BIOMETRICS; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BIOMETRY; CANID; CARRYING CAPACITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEER; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT LOSS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATION; WOODLAND;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS CARIBOU;

EID: 80051626732     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.07.012     Document Type: Article

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