A large-scale multi-species spatial depletion model for overwintering waterfowl

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 222, Issue 20-22, 2011, Pages 3773-3784

  Baveco, Johannes M ^a   Kuipers, Harold ^a   Nolet, Bart A ^a,b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Central place foraging; Crop damage control; Energy minimization principle; Functional response on sward height; Grazing waterfowl; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL-PLACE FORAGING; CROP DAMAGE CONTROL; ENERGY MINIMIZATION PRINCIPLE; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; GRAZING WATERFOWL; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURE;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

ARABLE LAND; BIOENERGETICS; CENTRAL PLACE FORAGING; CEREAL; CROP RESIDUE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EDGE EFFECT; FACILITATION; FOOD INTAKE; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; GRAZING PRESSURE; HEIGHT; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OVERWINTERING; PASTURE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; ROOST SITE; ROOSTING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATERFOWL; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

NETHERLANDS;

ANATIDAE; ANSER; AVES;

EID: 80054114330     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.09.012     Document Type: Article

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