Survival rates of tropical birds in Nigeria, West Africa

Ibis

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 615-618

  McGregor, Ross ^a,c   Whittingham, Mark J ^b   Cresswell, Will ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; BIRD; CLUTCH SIZE; ESTIMATION METHOD; MODELING; MORTALITY; NEW RECORD; PASSERINE; PHYLOGENETICS; SURVIVAL; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WEATHER;

AFRICA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

AVES;

EID: 34447125283     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00670.x     Document Type: Article

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