Density dependence of reproductive success in grey partridge Perdix perdix populations in France: Management implications

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 93-102

  Bro, Elisabeth ^a   Deldalle, Benoît ^a,b   Massot, Manuel ^b   Reitz, François ^a   Selmi, Slaheddine ^b,c  

^a OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GABES   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Autoregression; Breeding density; Density dependence; France; Grey partridge; Meta analysis; Perdix perdix; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

PERDIX; PERDIX PERDIX;

EID: 0042863194     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/wlb.2003.031     Document Type: Article

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