Population sex ratio shift from fledging to recruitment: Consequences for demography in a philopatric seabird

Oikos

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 60-68

  Becker, Peter H ^a   Ezard, Thomas H G ^b   Ludwigs, Jan Dieter ^a   Sauer Gürth, Hedwig ^c   Wink, Michael ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; DISPERSAL; EMIGRATION; FLEDGING; LIFE HISTORY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; POPULATION GROWTH; RECRUITMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SEABIRD; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

AVES; STERNA HIRUNDO;

EID: 36749077638     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2007.0030-1299.16287.x     Document Type: Article

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