Temporal and spatial variation in dispersal in the greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber roseus)

Oecologia

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 204-211

  Nager, Ruedi G ^a,b,e   Johnson, Alan R ^a   Boy, Vincent ^a   Rendon Martos, Manuel ^c   Calderon, Juan ^d   Cézilly, Frank ^a  

^a STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^c Reserva AMA de Fuente de Piedra   (Spain)

^d DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competition; Dispersal; Greater flamingo; Philopatry; Phoenicopterus ruber roseus

Indexed keywords

AVES; CARNIVORA; PHOENICOPTERIDAE; PHOENICOPTERUS; PHOENICOPTERUS RUBER; PHOENICOPTERUS RUBER ROSEUS;

DISPERSAL; GREATER FLAMINGO;

FRANCE, CAMARGUE; SPAIN, FUENTE DE PIEDRA;

EID: 0029662623     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00327904     Document Type: Article

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