Herbivore population regulation and resource heterogeneity in a stochastic environment

Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2170-2180

  Hempson, G P ^d   Illius, A W ^a   Hendricks, H H ^b   Bond, W J ^e   Vetter, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS   (South Africa)

^c RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African semi arid grazing system; Capital income breeder; Consumer resource dynamics; Density dependence; Dry season; Environmental stochasticity; Equilibrium; Key resource; Life history strategy; Nonequilibrium; Rangeland debate; Wet season

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; DATA SET; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DRY SEASON; GOAT; GRAZING PRESSURE; HERBIVORY; HETEROGENEITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RANGELAND; STOCHASTICITY; SURVIVAL; WEANING;

NORTHERN CAPE; RICHTERSVELD NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH AFRICA;

CAPRA HIRCUS; MAMMALIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BODY COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GOAT; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GOATS; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; SOUTH AFRICA; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 84939233146     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/14-1501.1     Document Type: Article

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