Effects of an exceptionally snowy winter on chamois survival

Acta Theriologica

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 329-333

  Rughetti, Marco ^a,b   Toïgo, Carole ^c   Von Hardenberg, Achaz ^d   Rocchia, Emanuel ^e   Festa Bianchet, Marco ^b  

^a Piazza Regina Elena 30   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

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

^d Alpine Wildlife Research Centre ^*  (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age structure; Rupicapra rupicapra; Snow fall; Weather; Winter mortality

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; AGE STRUCTURE; EPISODIC EVENT; GOAT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEX RATIO; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; WILD POPULATION; WINTER;

ALPS; FRANCE; ITALY;

RUPICAPRA; RUPICAPRA RUPICAPRA; UNGULATA;

EID: 80052615283     PISSN: 00017051     EISSN: 21903743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13364-011-0040-2     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Barrett MW (1982) Distribution, behavior, and mortality of pronghorns during a severe winter in Alberta. J Wildl Manag 46: 991-1002.
2. Beauplet G, Barbraud C, Dabin W, Küssener C, Guinet C (2006) Age-specific survival and reproductive performances in fur seals: evidence of senescence and individual quality. Oikos 112: 430-441.
3. Bérubé C, Festa-Bianchet M, Jorgenson JT (1999) Individual differences, longevity, and reproductive senescence in bighorn ewes. Ecology 80: 2555-2565.
4. Bocci A, Canavese G, Lovari S (2010) Even mortality patterns of the two sexes in a polygynous, near-monomorphic species: is there a flaw? J Zool 280: 379-386.
5. Bolger DT, Patten MA, Bostock DC (2005) Avian reproductive failure in response to an extreme climatic event. Oecologia 142: 398-406.
6. Caughley G, Gunn A (1993) Dynamics of large herbivores in deserts: kangaroos and caribou. Oikos 67: 47-55.
7. Coulson T, Gaillard JM, Festa-Bianchet M (2005) Decomposing the variation in population growth into contributions from multiple demographic rates. J Anim Ecol 74: 789-801.
8. Cransac N, Hewison AJM, Gaillard JM, Cugnasse JM, Maublanc ML (1997) Patterns of mouflon (Ovis gmelini) survival under moderate environmental conditions: effects of sex, age, and epizootics. Can J Zool 75: 1867-1875.
9. Festa-Bianchet M, Gaillard J-M, Côté SD (2003) Variable age structure and apparent density-dependence in survival of adult ungulates. J Anim Ecol 72: 640-649.
10. Festa-Bianchet M, Coulson T, Gaillard JM, Hogg JT, Pelletier F (2006) Stochastic predation and population persistence in bighorn sheep. Proc Biol Sci 273: 1537-1543.
11. Gaillard J-M, Festa-Bianchet M, Yoccoz NG (1998) Population dynamics of large herbivores: variable recruitment with constant adult survival. Trends Ecol Evol 13: 58-63.
12. Gaillard J-M, Festa-Bianchet M, Yoccoz NG, Loison A, Toïgo C (2000) Temporal variation in fitness components and population dynamics of large herbivores. Annu Rev Ecol Syst 31: 367-393.
13. Gonzales G, Crampe J-P (2001) Mortality patterns in a protected population of isard (Rupicapra pyrenaica). Can J Zool 79: 2072-2079.
14. Gordon IJ, Hester AJ, Festa-Bianchet M (2004) The management of wild large herbivores to meet economic, conservation and environmental objectives. J Appl Ecol 41: 1021-1031.
15. Jacobson AR, Provenzale A, Hardenberg AV, Bassano B, Festa-Bianchet M (2004) Climate forcing and density-dependence in a mountain ungulate population. Ecology 85: 1598-1610.
16. Jorgenson JT, Festa-Bianchet M, Gaillard J-M, Wishart WD (1997) Effects of age, sex, disease, and density on survival of bighorn sheep. Ecology 78: 1019-1032.
17. Klein DR, Olson ST (1960) Natural mortality patterns of deer in southeast Alaska. J Wildl Manag 24: 80-88.
18. Largo E (2008) Dynamique comparée des populations de bouquetin des alpes (Capra ibex ibex) et implication pour suivi de ces populations, In Ph. D thesis: 236. Sherbrooke: Université de Sherbrooke and Université Lyon 1.
19. Loison A, Langvatn R (1998) Short- and long-term effects of winter and spring weather on growth and survival of red deer in Norway. Oecologia 116: 489-500.
20. Loison A, Gaillard J-M, Houssin H (1994) New insight on survivorship of female chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) from marked animals. Can J Zool 72: 591-597.
21. Loison A, Gaillard J-M, Jullien J-M (1996) Demographic patterns after an epizootic of keratoconjunctivitis in a chamois population. J Wildl Manag 60: 517-527.
22. Loison A, Festa-Bianchet M, Gaillard J-M, Jorgenson JT, Jullien J-M (1999) Age-specific survival in five populations of ungulates: evidence of senescence. Ecology 80: 2539-2554.
23. Lunn DJ, Thomas A, Best N, Spiegelhalter D (2000) WinBUGS-a Bayesian modelling framework: concepts, structure, and extensibility. Stat Comput 10: 325-337.
24. McCarthy MA (2007) Bayesian methods for ecology. Cambridge University Press, 296 pp.
25. Owen-Smith N, Mason DR, Ogutu JO (2005) Correlates of survival rates for 10 African ungulate populations: density, rainfall and predation. J Anim Ecol 74: 774-788.
26. Peterson RO (1999) Wolf-moose interaction on Isle Royale: the end of natural regulation? Ecol Appl 9: 10-16.
27. Pistorius PA, Bester MN, Hofmeyr GJG, Kirkman SP, Taylor FE (2008) Seasonal survival and the relative cost of first reproduction in adult female southern elephant seals. J Mammal 89: 567-574.
28. Schroder W, Elsner-Schack IV (1985) Correct age determination in chamois. In: Lovari S (ed) The biology and management of mountain ungulates. Croom-Helm, London, pp 65-70.
29. Tews J, Ferguson MAD, Fahrig L (2007) Modeling density dependence and climatic disturbances in caribou: a case study from the Bathurst Island complex. Canadian High Arctic. J Zool 272: 209-217.
30. Thibault KM, Brown JH (2008) Impact of an extreme climatic event on community assembly. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105: 3410-3415.
31. Toïgo C, Gaillard J-M, Festa-Bianchet M, Largo E., Michallet J, Maillard D (2007) Sex- and age-specific survival of the highly dimorphic Alpine ibex: evidence for a conservative life-history tactic. J Anim Ecol 76: 679-686.
32. Walther G-R, Post E, Convey P, Menzel A, Parmesan C, Beebee TJC, Fromentin J-M, Hoegh-Guldberg O, Bairlein F (2002) Ecological responses to recent climate change. Nature 416: 389-395.
33. Wittmer HU, Sinclair ARE, McLellan BN (2005) The role of predation in the decline and extirpation of woodland caribou. Oecologia 114: 257-267.