A Simulation Model of Dietary Competition in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Cherry JS. 1975. A Simulation Model of Dietary Competition in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. University of Tennessee
The author researched the diets of the wild turkey, hog, black bear, canonical sciurid, deer, canonical rodent, and raccoon. Competitive interactions involved data on diets of each species, availability of foods, and consumption rates. A random number generator provides for crude population and vegetation dynamics.
- Type
- Academic
- Authors
- Cherry, J
- Date of Issue
- 1975-08
- Publisher
- University of Tennessee
- Units
- GRSM
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, APHN, Appalachian Highlands Network, Competition, Diet, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, GRSM, Mammals (Mammalia), SER, simulated model, Southeast Region, Thesis