Carnivora Population Dynamics Are as Slow and as Fast as Those of Other Mammals: Implications for Their Conservation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  van de Kerk, Madelon ^a,b   de Kroon, Hans ^a   Conde, Dalia A ^c,d   Jongejans, Eelke ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FERTILITY; FOOD CHAIN; JUVENILE ANIMAL; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE HISTORY; LIFESPAN; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PLANNING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; CARNIVORA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84881485711     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070354     Document Type: Article

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