Spatial scaling of avian population dynamics: Population abundance, growth rate, and variability

Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2505-2515

  Jones, Jason ^a   Doran, Patrick J ^b   Holmes, Richard T ^c  

^a VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^c Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Boots trapping; Nonparametic convariance functions; North American breeding bird survey; Population dynamics; Population regulation; Spatial synchrony

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; BOOTSTRAPPING; BREEDING POPULATION; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SPATIAL VARIATION; SYNCHRONY;

NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 38449114840     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-1514.1     Document Type: Article

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