Functional analysis of normalized difference vegetation index curves reveals overwinter mule deer survival is driven by both spring and autumn phenology

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 369, Issue 1643, 2014, Pages

  Hurley, Mark A ^a,b   Hebblewhite, Mark ^b,c   Gaillard, Jean Michel ^d   Dray, Stéphane ^d   Taylor, Kyle A ^a,e   Smith, W K ^b   Zager, Pete ^a   Bonenfant, Christophe ^d  

^a IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Demography; Normalized difference vegetation index; Phenology curve; Population dynamics; Ungulate; Winter severity

Indexed keywords

AVHRR; BODY MASS; DEER; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; GROWING SEASON; HERBIVORY; NDVI; OVERWINTERING; PHENOLOGY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPRING (SEASON); SURVIVAL; WINTER;

IDAHO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84898457045     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0196     Document Type: Article

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