Spatial variation in demography and population growth rate: The importance of natal location

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1201-1211

  Reid, J M ^a   Bignal, E M ^b   Bignal, S ^b   McCracken, D I ^c   Monaghan, P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Scottish Chough Study Group   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apparent survival; Delayed life history effects; Pseudo source; Source sink dynamics; Territory quality

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; LIFE HISTORY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MONITORING; NEST SITE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GROWTH; SONGBIRD; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PASSERIFORMES; POPULATION GROWTH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

ARGYLL AND BUTE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ISLAY; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

PYRRHOCORAX PYRRHOCORAX; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33746825393     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01143.x     Document Type: Article

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