Describing breeding territories of migratory passerines: Suggestions for sampling, choice of estimator, and delineation of core areas

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 139-149

  Barg, Jennifer J ^a   Jones, Jason ^a,b   Robertson, Raleigh J ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological independence; Cerulean warbler Dendroica cerulea; Fixed kernel; Spatial autocorrelation; Utilization distribution

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; HABITAT RELATED BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

AVES; DENDROICA CERULEA; GALLIFORMES;

EID: 13844282309     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2004.00906.x     Document Type: Article

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