Dampening prey cycle overrides the impact of climate change on predator population dynamics: A long-term demographic study on tawny owls

Global Change Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1770-1781

  Millon, Alexandre ^a,b   Petty, Steve J ^b,c   Little, Brian ^d   Gimenez, Olivier ^e   Cornulier, Thomas ^b   Lambin, Xavier ^b  

^a AVIGNON UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d Northumberland Ringing Group   (United Kingdom)

^e CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Demographic rates; Functional response; North Atlantic oscillation; Population viability analysis; Prey cycle; Stochastic population dynamics; Trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; GLOBAL CHANGE; LIFE HISTORY; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; PREDATOR; RAPTOR; RODENT; STOCHASTICITY; SURVIVAL; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ENGLAND; KIELDER FOREST; NORTHUMBERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MICROTUS AGRESTIS; MURIDAE; STRIGIFORMES; STRIX ALUCO;

ANIMAL; ARVICOLINAE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; MALE; OWL; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 84900015300     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12546     Document Type: Article

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