Demography of Hawai'i 'Elepaio: Variation with habitat disturbance and population density

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 770-783

  Vanderwerf, Eric A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

'Elepaio; Age structure; Chasiempis sandwichensis; Demography; Habitat disturbance; Hawaii; Site fidelity; Survival; Territory size

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; HABITAT QUALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; SITE FIDELITY; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; SURVIVAL; TERRITORY;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; BOS TAURUS; CHASIEMPIS SANDWICHENSIS; GALLIFORMES; POXVIRIDAE;

EID: 1642465419     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-0668     Document Type: Article

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