Territory quality transitions and source-sink dynamics in a Florida Scrub-Jay population

Ecological Applications

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 516-529

  Breininger, David R ^a   Carter, Geoffrey M ^a  

^a DYNAMAC CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphelocoma coerulescens; Demography; Dispersal; Fire; Florida Scrub Jay; Habitat suitability; Patch dynamics; Source sink; Territory quality

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT RESTORATION; PASSERINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS;

FLORIDA; UNITED STATES;

APHELOCOMA; APHELOCOMA COERULESCENS; APHELOCOMA COERULESCENS COERULESCENS; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0038376943     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2003)013[0516:TQTASS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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