Spatial-concentration effects and the importance of local enhancement in the evolution of colonial breeding in seabirds

American Naturalist

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1091-1112

  Buckley, Neil J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD COLONY; COLONIAL BREEDING; INFORMATION CENTRE HYPOTHESIS; SEABIRD; SPATIAL-CONCENTRATION MODEL;

EID: 0030616741     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286040     Document Type: Article

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