Estimation of carrying capacity and growth rate of wolf in Lithuania

• Main Authors: Balčiauskas, Linas, Kawata, Yukichika
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Lithuanian; English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Canis lupus; Ecological carrying capasity; Growth rate; Schaefer model; Schaefer
• Online Access: http://lmavb.lvb.lt/LMAVB:ELABAPDB5843297&prefLang=en_US

The purpose of this paper is to estimate ecological carrying capacity (K) and growth rate (r) of Lithuanian wolf based on the estimated population sizes and number of harvests from 1966 to 2007. We used the modified Schaefer model where population dynamics is described by the logistic-equation-type...