SEX-SPECIFIC DYNAMICS OF NORTH AMERICAN ELK IN RELATION TO GLOBAL CLIMATE

• Main Authors: Maier, Julie A. K., Post, Eric
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Lakehead University 2001
• Subjects: Raspberry Island; Alces alces; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation; Alaska
• Online Access: http://alcesjournal.org/index.php/alces/article/view/597

The North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) is a continuous fluctuation in atmospheric mass balance that drives most interannual and decadal variation in winter temperatures and precipitation in the Northern Hemisphere. Effects of the NAO on the population dynamics of red deer (Cervus elaphus) in northern...