Dispersal sinks and handling effects: Interpreting the role of immigration in common brushtail possum populations

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 515-526

  Clinchy, Michael ^a   Krebs, Charles J ^a   Jarman, Peter J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Demography; Dispersal; Metapopulations; Removal experiments; Rescue effect

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; IMMIGRATION; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; STRESS;

AUSTRALIA;

TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 0035010935     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2001.00510.x     Document Type: Article

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