Natal and breeding philopatry in a Black Brant, Branta bernicla nigricans, metapopulation

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1893-1904

  Lindberg, Mark S ^a,e   Sedinger, James S ^a   Derksen, Dirk V ^b   Rockwell, Robert F ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b Alaska Biological Science Center   (United States)

^c CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^e Inst for Wetland and Waterfowl Res   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Black Brant; Branta bernicla nigricans; Density dependence; Dispersal; Emigration; Female biased philopatry; Gene flow; Immigration; Multistate models; Philopatry

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; DISPERSAL; METAPOPULATION; NATAL DISPERSAL; PHILOPATRY;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

ANSERIFORMES; AVES; BRANTA; BRANTA BERNICLA; BRANTA BERNICLA NIGRICANS;

EID: 0031692706     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[1893:nabpia]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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