Estimating rates of local species extinction, colonization, and turnover in animal communities

Ecological Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1213-1225

  Nichols, James D ^a   Boulinier, Thierry ^b   Hines, James E ^a   Pollock, Kenneth H ^b   Sauer, John R ^a  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal community ecology; Capture recapture models; Community dynamics; Conservation and management; Local colonization; Local extinction probability; North American Breeding Bird Survey; Species turnover

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXTINCTION; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MODEL;

EID: 0031766472     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1998)008[1213:EROLSE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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