Quantifying density dependence in a bird population using human disturbance

Oecologia

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-56

  Mallord, John W ^a,c   Dolman, Paul M ^a   Brown, Andy ^b   Sutherland, William J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chick weight; Clutch size; Post fledging survival; Recruitment; Starvation

Indexed keywords

BROOD SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FLEDGING; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT QUALITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MORTALITY; PASSERINE; POPULATION REGULATION; RECRUITMENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STARVATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLUTCH SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SONGBIRD; STARVATION; TIME;

ANIMALS; CLUTCH SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SONGBIRDS; STARVATION; TIME FACTORS;

DORSET [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; LULLULA ARBOREA;

EID: 34447648692     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0716-0     Document Type: Article

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