Declining survival rates in a reintroduced population of the Mauritius kestrel: Evidence for non-linear density dependence and environmental stochasticity

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 917-926

  Nicoll, M A C ^a,b   Jones, Carl G ^b,c   Norris, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b MAURITIAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION   (Mauritius)

^c DURRELL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate; Population demography; Program MARK; Reintroduction; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; POPULATION ECOLOGY; RAPTOR; REINTRODUCTION; STOCHASTICITY; SURVIVAL;

FALCO; FALCO PUNCTATUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 0344586005     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2003.00768.x     Document Type: Article

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