Effects of climate and plant phenology on recruitment of moose at the southern extent of their range

Oecologia

Volumn 178, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1137-1148

  Monteith, Kevin L ^a   Klaver, Robert W ^b   Hersey, Kent R ^c   Holland, A Andrew ^d   Thomas, Timothy P ^e   Kauffman, Matthew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UTAH DIVISION OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES   (United States)

^d Colorado Parks and Wildlife ^*  (United States)

^e WYOMING GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Alces alces; Climate change; Heat stress; Irruptive paradigm; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; CLIMATE EFFECT; DEER; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FITNESS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHENOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RANGE EXPANSION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEASONAL VARIATION; THERMOREGULATION;

ALCES ALCES; ALCES ALCES SHIRASI;

ANIMAL; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTOR; UNITED STATES; WEATHER; WYOMING;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WEATHER; WYOMING;

EID: 84937973654     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-015-3296-4     Document Type: Article

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