Influence of food availability on demography and local population dynamics in a long-lived seabird

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1537, 2004, Pages 387-396

  Oro, Daniel ^a   Cam, Emmanuelle ^a,b   Pradel, Roger ^c   Martínez Abraín, Alejandro ^a  

^a Inst Mediterrani d'Estudis A   (Spain)

^b École Nationale de Formation Agronomique   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Audouin's gull; Dispersal; Food availability; Larus audouinii; Survival

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; IMMIGRATION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEABIRD; SEASONAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES EXTINCTION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; SURVIVAL RATE;

AVES; LARUS AUDOUINII; PISCES;

EID: 1242276497     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2609     Document Type: Article

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