Dynamics of North American breeding bird populations

Nature

Volumn 393, Issue 6682, 1998, Pages 257-260

  Keitt, Timothy H ^a,b   Stanley, H Eugene ^c  

^a SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BREEDING BIRD; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; LIFESPAN; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0032554919     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/30478     Document Type: Article

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