Behavior and nutritional condition buffer a large-bodied endotherm against direct and indirect effects of climate

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 513-532

  Long, Ryan A ^a,d   Terry Bowyer, R ^a   Porter, Warren P ^b   Mathewson, Paul ^b   Monteith, Kevin L ^c   Kie, John G ^a  

^a Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biophysical model; Blue Mountains; Cervus elaphus; Climate change; Elk; Northeastern Oregon; Nutritional condition; Resource selection function; Snake River Plain; Southeastern Idaho; Thermal environment; Thermoregulation; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905665789     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: 15577015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-1273.1     Document Type: Article

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