Dynamics of an insularized and compressed Impala population: Rainfall, temperature and density influences

Open Ecology Journal

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-17

  Ogutu, Joseph O ^a,b   Piepho, Hans Peter ^a   Kanga, Erustus ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c KENYA WILDLIFE SERVICE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Births; Density dependence; Habitat compression; Impala; Insularization; Mortality; Rainfall; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

AEPYCEROS MELAMPUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84860699131     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18742130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874213001205010001     Document Type: Article

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