Occupancy as a measure of territory quality

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 857-865

  Sergio, Fabrizio ^a,c   Newton, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c MUSEO TRIDENTINO DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bubo bubo; Habitat quality; Milvus migrons; Occupancy; Population regulation; Site dependence; Territory occupancy; Territory quality

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FITNESS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT QUALITY; MORTALITY RISK; POPULATION REGULATION; RAPTOR; TERRITORY;

EUROPE;

BUBO BUBO; CICONIIFORMES; MILVUS; MILVUS MIGRANS; RAPTORES; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 0043198449     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2003.00758.x     Document Type: Article

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