Climate effects on demographic parameters in an unhunted population of Alpine chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 173-182

  Willisch, Christian S ^a,b,c   Bieri, Katrin ^a,b   Struch, Mark ^b   Franceschina, Ruth ^d   Schnidrig Petrig, Reinhard ^e   Ingold, Paul ^f  

^a FaunAlpin GmbH   (Switzerland)

^b Wildtierbiologischer Arbeitskreis ^*  (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d Waldarena Gantrisch   (Switzerland)

^e Bundesamt fur Umweltschutz   (Switzerland)

^f not available   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alpine chamois; autoregressive time series model; climate change; population dynamics; rain; snow; temperatures; ungulate; weather

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; BODY CONDITION; CLIMATE EFFECT; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION SIZE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SNOW; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TIME SERIES; UNGULATE;

EID: 84874076131     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/10-MAMM-A-278.1     Document Type: Article

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