Partial migration in expanding red deer populations at northern latitudes - a role for density dependence?

Oikos

Volumn 120, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1817-1825

  Mysterud, Atle ^a   Loe, Leif Egil ^a,b   Zimmermann, Barbara ^c   Bischof, Richard ^a,b   Veiberg, Vebjørn ^d   Meisingset, Erling ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEER; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; GPS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDATION RISK; SEASONALITY; SNOW;

NORWAY;

EID: 82455206022     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.19439.x     Document Type: Article

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