Source-sink population dynamics may complicate the interpretation of long-term census data

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-12

  Brawn, Jeffrey D ^a   Robinson, Scott K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Demography; Dispersal; Fragmentation; Illinois; Metapopulation; Neotropical migrant birds; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

AVES;

DISPERSAL; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MIGRATORY BIRD; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SOURCE-SINK RELATIONSHIP;

USA, ILLINOIS;

EID: 0030390252     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265649     Document Type: Article

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