Decadal declines in avian herbivore reproduction: density‐dependent nutrition and phenological mismatch in the Arctic

• Published in: Ecology
• Main Authors: Ross, Megan V., Alisauskas, Ray T., Douglas, David C., Kellett, Dana K.
• Other Authors: California Department of Fish and Game, University of Saskatchewan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2017
• Subjects: Arctic; Karrak Lake
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy.1856; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fecy.1856; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ecy.1856; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/ecy.1856; https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ecy.1856

Abstract A full understanding of population dynamics depends not only on estimation of mechanistic contributions of recruitment and survival, but also knowledge about the ecological processes that drive each of these vital rates. The process of recruitment in particular may be protracted over severa...