Carry-over effects of spring hunt and climate on recruitment to the natal colony in a migratory species

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1237-1246

  Juillet, Cédric ^a,b   Choquet, Rémi ^c   Gauthier, Gilles ^a   Lefebvre, Josée ^d   Pradel, Roger ^c  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Capture Mark Recapture; Harvest; Multistate Model; Population management; Snow geese

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BREEDING POPULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COLONY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; HUNTING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MORTALITY; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SNOW COVER; SPRING (SEASON); TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATERFOWL;

CANADA;

ANSER; CHEN; CHEN CAERULESCENS ATLANTICA;

EID: 84870309623     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2012.02199.x     Document Type: Article

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