Large-scale dynamics in colonization and extinction for breeding birds in Britain

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 390-399

  Gaston, Kevin J ^a   Blackburn, Tim M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body mass; British birds; Dispersal distance; Population size; Range size

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BODY MASS; COLONIZATION; DISPERSAL; LOCAL EXTINCTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; RANGE SIZE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES;

EID: 0036099590     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2002.00607.x     Document Type: Article

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