More frequent extreme climate events stabilize reindeer population dynamics
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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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2019-04-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09332-5 |