The response of the woodpigeon (Columba palumbus) to relaxation of intraspecific competition: A hybrid modelling approach

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 224, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 54-64

  O'Regan, Suzanne M ^a   Flynn, Denis ^a   Kelly, Thomas C ^a   O'Callaghan, Michael J A ^a   Pokrovskii, Alexei V ^a   Rachinskii, Dmitrii ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Density dependence; Hybrid model; Intraspecific competition; Semi discrete model; Woodpigeon

Indexed keywords

BRITISH ISLES; CONTROL MEASURES; CONTROL STRATEGIES; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DENSITY-DEPENDENT; DISCRETE COMPONENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGERS; HYBRID MODEL; HYBRID MODELLING; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; RAPID GROWTH; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SYSTEM OF ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; WOODPIGEON;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

ABUNDANCE; AGE STRUCTURE; BIRD; BIRTH RATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HUNTING; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION REGULATION; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

COLUMBA PALUMBUS;

EID: 82055191726     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.10.018     Document Type: Article

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