Predicting the potential demographic impact of predators on their prey: A comparative analysis of two carnivore-ungulate systems in Scandinavia

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 443-454

  Gervasi, Vincenzo ^a   Nilsen, Erlend B ^a   Sand, Håkan ^c   Panzacchi, Manuela ^a   Rauset, Geir R ^b,c   Pedersen, Hans C ^a   Kindberg, Jonas ^c   Wabakken, Petter ^d   Zimmermann, Barbara ^d   Odden, John ^a   Liberg, Olof ^c   Swenson, Jon E ^a,b   Linnell, John D C ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alces alces; Canis lupus; Capreolus capreolus; Courser; Kill rate; Life history; Lynx lynx; Stalker; Ursus arctos; Vulpes vulpes

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; BOREAL FOREST; CARNIVORE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LIFE HISTORY; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; UNGULATE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CARNIVORA; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; MALE; NORWAY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; CARNIVORA; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NORWAY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN;

SCANDINAVIA;

ALCES ALCES; ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; LYNX; LYNX LYNX; MAMMALIA; UNGULATA; URSUS ARCTOS; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 84856962294     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01928.x     Document Type: Article

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