Demographic consequences of increased winter births in a large aseasonally breeding mammal (Bos taurus) in response to climate change

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1134-1144

  Burthe, Sarah ^a   Butler, Adam ^b   Searle, Kate R ^a   Hall, Stephen J G ^c   Thackeray, Stephen J ^a   Wanless, Sarah ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aseasonal; Breeding season; Chillingham cattle; State space model; Ungulate

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOMASS; BREEDING SEASON; CATTLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; DEMOGRAPHY; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); FORAGE; GROWING SEASON; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MAGNITUDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHENOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WINTER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRTH; CATTLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARTURITION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS;

BOS; BOS TAURUS; MAMMALIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 80053623763     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01865.x     Document Type: Article

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