The collapse of cycles in the dynamics of North American grouse populations

Ecology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1135-1142

  Williams, Christopher K ^a   Ives, Anthony R ^b   Applegate, Roger D ^c   Ripa, Jörgen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks   (United States)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amplitude; Cycles; Delayed density dependence; Direct density dependence; Greater prairie chicken; Periodicity; Ruffed grouse; Sharp tailed grouse

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; GAMEBIRD; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; PERIODICITY; POPULATION CYCLE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; BONASA UMBELLUS; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA; PHASIANIDAE; RODENTIA; TYMPANUCHUS CUPIDO; TYMPANUCHUS PHASIANELLUS;

EID: 9944255304     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2004.00673.x     Document Type: Article

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