Dispersal and recruitment during population growth in a colonial bird, the great cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 44-57

  Hénaux, Viviane ^a,b   Bregnballe, Thomas ^b   Lebreton, Jean Dominique ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b Department of Wildlife Ecology and Biodiversity Kalø ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; BROOD SIZE; COLONIAL ORGANISM; NATAL DISPERSAL; POPULATION GROWTH; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

AVES; PHALACROCORAX CARBO; PHALACROCORAX CARBO SINENSIS;

EID: 33846086026     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2006.0908-8857.03712.x     Document Type: Article

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