The importance of productivity to the dynamics of a Swainson's Thrush population

Condor

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 133-141

  Johnson, Matthew D ^a,b   Geupel, Geoffrey R ^a  

^a PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catharus ustulatus; Constant effort mist netting; Dynamics; Limitation; Population; Productivity; Regulation; Swainson's Thrush

Indexed keywords

CATHARUS USTULATUS;

EID: 0030023501     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369516     Document Type: Article

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