Predicting the potential demographic impact of predators on their prey: a comparative analysis of two carnivore-ungulate systems in Scandinavia

• Published in: The Journal of animal ecology Vol. 81; no. 2; pp. 443 - 454
• Main Authors: Gervasi, Vincenzo, Nilsen, Erlend B., Sand, Håkan, Panzacchi, Manuela, Rauset, Geir R., Pedersen, Hans C., Kindberg, Jonas, Wabakken, Petter, Zimmermann, Barbara, Odden, John, Liberg, Olof, Swenson, Jon E., Linnell, John D. C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing 01.03.2012; Blackwell Publishing Ltd; Blackwell
• Subjects: Age; Age composition; Age Distribution; age structure; Alces alces; Animal and plant ecology; animal communities; Animal ecology; Animal populations; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Animals; Bears; Biological and medical sciences; Boreal forests; Brown bears; Canis lupus; Capreolus capreolus; Carnivora; Carnivora - physiology; Carnivores; Community ecology; Comparative analysis; courser; Deer; Demography; Ecological research; Ecosystem; Environmental Sciences related to Agriculture and Land-use; Female; Food Chain; Forest ecosystems; Forests; Foxes; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; Harvesting; kill rate; life history; Lynx; Lynx lynx; Male; Mammalia; Mammals; Miljö- och naturvårdsvetenskap; Models, Biological; Norway; physiology; Population Dynamics; Population ecology; Predation; Predator-prey interactions; predator-prey relationships; Predators; Predatory Behavior; Prey; Scandinavia; Seasons; Simulation; Species Specificity; stalker; Sweden; Ursus arctos; Vertebrates: general zoology, morphology, phylogeny, systematics, cytogenetics, geographical distribution; Vulpes vulpes; Wildlife ecology; Wolves; Scandinavia; Europe; Norway; Sweden; Predator prey relation; Fissipedia; Carnivora; Life history; Demography; stalker; Alces alces; Ursus anctos; Lynx lynx; Carnivorous animal; Scandinavia; courser; Capreolus capreolus; Vertebrata; Mammalia; kill rate; Artiodactyla; Canis lupus; Ungulata; Vulpes vulpes

1. Understanding the role of predation in shaping the dynamics of animal communities is a fundamental issue in ecological research. Nevertheless, the complex nature of predator-prey interactions often prevents researchers from modelling them explicitly. 2. By using periodic Leslie-Usher matrices and...