Comparative demography of new world populations of thrushes (Turdus spp.)

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-43

  Ricklefs, Robert E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Age ratios; Birds; Demography; Fecundity; Latitudinal gradients; Life history; Survival rate; Turdus thrushes

Indexed keywords

TURDUS;

DEMOGRAPHY; FECUNDITY; SURVIVAL RATE; THRUSH;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0031284514     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9615(1997)067[0023:cdonwp]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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