Dispersal by juvenile American Crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) influences population dynamics across a gradient of urbanization

Auk

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 205-221

  Withey, John C ^a   Marzluff, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

American Crow; Corvus brachyrhynchos; Dispersal; Juvenile survival; Population dynamics; Post fledging behavior; Urban ecology; Urban sprawl

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; JUVENILE; PASSERINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; URBANIZATION;

NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; CORVIDAE; CORVUS BRACHYRHYNCHOS;

EID: 20444403815     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2005)122[0205:DBJACC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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