Modeling post-fledging survival of Lark Buntings in response to ecological and biological factors

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 178-188

  Adams, Amy A Yackel ^a   Skagen, Susan K ^b   Savidge, Julie A ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian demography; Calamospiza melanocorys; Drought; Information theory; Joint model; Lark Bunting; Pawnee National Grassland, Colorado, USA; Post fledging survival; Program MARK; Radiotelemetry

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; FLEDGING; PASSERINE; POPULATION MODELING; RADIOTELEMETRY; SURVIVAL;

AVES; CALAMOSPIZA; CALAMOSPIZA MELANOCORYS;

EID: 33644836430     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-1922     Document Type: Article

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