Population fluctuations and regulation in great snipe: A time-series analysis

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 740-749

  Kölzsch, Andrea ^a,b   Sæther, Stein Are ^c   Gustafsson, Henrik ^d   Fiske, Peder ^e   Höglund, Jacob ^b   Kålås, John Atle ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^d Jönköping County Administrative Board ^*  (Sweden)

^e NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Environmental covariates; Gallinago media; Parametric Bootstrap Likelihood Ratio test; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAPPING; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; HOME RANGE; LEK; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; STOCHASTICITY; SURVIVAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WADER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHARADRIIFORMES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; NORWAY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; PREDATION; SEASON; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CHARADRIIFORMES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; NORWAY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEASONS; SEX RATIO; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

AVES; GALLINAGO MEDIA; SALIX; TETRAONIDAE;

EID: 34250696463     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2007.01246.x     Document Type: Article

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