Competition for breeding sites and site-dependent population regulation in a highly colonial seabird, the common guillemot Uria aalge

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 367-376

  Kokko, Hanna ^a,b,d   Harris, Michael P ^c   Wanless, Sarah ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Fighting; Habitat heterogeneity; Intraspecific competition; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; COLONIAL BREEDING; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; HABITAT QUALITY; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; NEST SITE; SEABIRD; TERRITORIALITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FIFE; ISLE OF MAY; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; LARIDAE; URIA; URIA AALGE;

EID: 1542438549     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8790.2004.00813.x     Document Type: Article

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