Social and demographic effects of anthropogenic mortality: a test of the compensatory mortality hypothesis in the red wolf.

Whether anthropogenic mortality is additive or compensatory to natural mortality in animal populations has long been a question of theoretical and practical importance. Theoretically, under density-dependent conditions populations compensate for anthropogenic mortality through decreases in natural m...

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Main Authors: Amanda M Sparkman, Lisette P Waits, Dennis L Murray
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3121739?pdf=render