Beyond ecological traps: perceptual errors and undervalued resources

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 351-356

  Gilroy, James J ^a   Sutherland, William J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; COLONIZATION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; MITIGATION; PITFALL TRAP; POPULATION SIZE; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34250368380     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2007.03.014     Document Type: Article

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