Spatial heterogeneity in the carrying capacity of sika deer in Japan

• Published in: Journal of mammalogy Vol. 97; no. 3; pp. 734 - 743
• Main Authors: Iijima, Hayato, Ueno, Mayumi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: US American Society of Mammalogists 09.06.2016; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Animal populations; artificial grassland; Bayesian state-space model; Carrying capacity; deciduous forest; Deciduous forests; Deer; Density; Density dependence; FEATURE ARTICLES; forage; Grasslands; Heterogeneity; integrated population model; intrinsic rate of natural increase; Population dynamics; population regulation; Ungulates; Wildlife; Japan; Bayesian state-space model; population regulation; forage; intrinsic rate of natural increase; artificial grassland; deciduous forest; integrated population model

Carrying capacity is 1 driver of wildlife population dynamics. Although in previous studies carrying capacity was considered to be a fixed entity, it may differ among locations due to environmental variation. The factors underlying variability in carrying capacity, however, have rarely been examined...