Behavioural flexibility in the mating system buffers population extinction: Lessons from the lesser spotted woodpecker Picoides minor

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 540-548

  Rossmanith, Eva ^a   Grimm, Volker ^b   Blaum, Niels ^a   Jeltsch, Florian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Buffer mechanisms; Environmental noise; Individual based model; Polyandry; Population persistence

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BIRD; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; NOISE; PERSISTENCE; POLYANDRY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; CLUTCH SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; BREEDING; CLUTCH SIZE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEMALE; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; HESSE; RHENISH SCHIEFERGEBIRGE; TAUNUS;

AVES; PICOIDES MINOR;

EID: 33645393003     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01074.x     Document Type: Article

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