Variation and covariation in survival, dispersal, and population size in barn owls Tyto alba

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 391-399

  Altwegg, Res ^a,c   Roulin, Alexandre ^b   Kestenholz, Matthias ^a   Jenni, Lukas ^a  

^a SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breeding dispersal; Combined live recapture and dead recovery model; Environmental stochasticity; Natal dispersal; Program MARK

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; POPULATION SIZE; RAPTOR; SURVIVAL;

RAPTORES; STRIGIFORMES; TYTO ALBA; TYTONIDAE;

EID: 0038670387     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2003.00706.x     Document Type: Article

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