More frequent extreme climate events stabilize reindeer population dynamics

Autor: Brage B. Hansen, Marlène Gamelon, Steve D. Albon, Aline M. Lee, Audun Stien, R. Justin Irvine, Bernt-Erik Sæther, Leif E. Loe, Erik Ropstad, Vebjørn Veiberg, Vidar Grøtan
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-09332-5
Popis: Extreme climate events can cause population crashes and may threaten population persistence. Here, the authors model reindeer population dynamics and find that more frequent extremely icy winters can actually reduce extinction risk due to density dependence and a demographic shift to resilient ages.
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