Geographic clines of age ratios of Black-throated Blue Warblers (Dendroica Caerulescens)

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2524-2531

  Graves, Gary R ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age ratio; Appalachian Mountains; Black throated Blue Warbler; Dendroica caerulescens; Despotism; Dispersal; Geographic clines; Multiple brooding; Source sink dynamics

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; PASSERINE; RECRUITMENT; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

DENDROICA CAERULESCENS; PASSERIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031401528     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[2524:gcoaro]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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