Impact of unintentional selective harvesting on the population dynamics of red grouse

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1258-1268

  Bunnefeld, Nils ^a   Reuman, Daniel C ^a   Baines, David ^b   Milner Gulland, E J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cycle length; Fluctuations; Monomorphic; Population modelling; Shooting; Spectrum

Indexed keywords

AGE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EXTINCTION RISK; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GAMEBIRD; HARVESTING; MAMMAL; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARASITISM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SPECTRUM; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; TERRITORIALITY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; GALLIFORMES; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; SEX RATIO; TERRITORIALITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEMALE; GALLIFORMES; GREAT BRITAIN; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TERRITORIALITY;

LAGOPUS LAGOPUS SCOTICUS; MAMMALIA; TETRAONIDAE;

EID: 80053640874     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01862.x     Document Type: Article

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