Insights into population ecology from long-term studies of red grouse Lagopus lagopus scoticus

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 85-98

  Martínez Padilla, Jesus ^a   Redpath, Steve M ^b   Zeineddine, Mohammed ^b   Mougeot, François ^c,d  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Host parasite interactions; Lagopus lagopus scoticus; Long term studies; Population cycles

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; GAMEBIRD; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MALE BEHAVIOR; POPULATION CYCLE; POPULATION ECOLOGY;

LAGOPUS LAGOPUS SCOTICUS; TETRAONIDAE; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS TENUIS;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; GALLIFORMES; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LAGOPUS LAGOPUS SCOTICUS; LONG-TERM STUDIES; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION CYCLES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TERRITORIALITY; TIME;

BEHAVIOUR; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LAGOPUS LAGOPUS SCOTICUS; LONG-TERM STUDIES; POPULATION CYCLES;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; GALLIFORMES; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TERRITORIALITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84890718663     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12098     Document Type: Article

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