Dispersal within a spatially structured population of lesser kestrels: The role of spatial isolation and conspecific attraction

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 400-410

  Serrano, David ^a   Tella, José L ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conspecific attraction; Dispersal; Falco naumanni; Intraspecific competition; Isolation; Metapopulations; Spatially structured populations

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; ISOLATED POPULATION; METAPOPULATION; RAPTOR; SUBPOPULATION;

AVES; FALCO; FALCO NAUMANNI; RAPTORES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037656158     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2003.00707.x     Document Type: Article

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