Population variability of sparrows in space and time

Oikos

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 131-144

  Curnutt, John L ^a   Pimm, Stuart L ^a   Maurer, Brian A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMERICAN SPARROW; METAPOPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

NORTH AMERICA;

EMBERIZIDAE;

EID: 0030303813     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3545755     Document Type: Article

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