Interactive effects of prey and p,p′-DDE on burrowing owl population dynamics

Ecological Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 666-677

  Gervais, Jennifer A ^a,b   Hunter, Christine M ^c   Anthony, Robert G ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Athene cunicularia; Burrowing Owl; DDE; Elasticity; Interactive effects; Matrix population model; Multiple stressors; Population level risk assessment; Prospective analysis

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; INSECTICIDE;

BIOMASS; BIRD; CONTAINMENT; ORGANOCHLORINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; DRUG EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOOD CHAIN; OWL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOOD CHAIN; INSECTICIDES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRIGIFORMES;

ATHENE; ATHENE CUNICULARIA; MURIDAE; SPEOTYTO CUNICULARIA; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 33646133652     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: 10510761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2006)016[0666:IEOPAP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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