Effects of vole fluctuations on the population dynamics of the barn owl Tyto alba

Acta Biotheoretica

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 227-241

  Klok, Chris ^a   De Roos, Andre M ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Birds of prey; Conservation; CONTENT; Habitat quality; Predator prey model

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; HABITAT QUALITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RODENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; BREEDING; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; OWL; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BREEDING; FEMALE; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; STRIGIFORMES; SURVIVAL RATE;

AVES; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; RAPTORES; STRIGIFORMES; TYTO ALBA; TYTONIDAE;

EID: 36749009593     PISSN: 00015342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10441-007-9013-x     Document Type: Article

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