Breeding dispersal in a heterogeneous landscape: The influence of habitat and nesting success in greater snow geese

Oecologia

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-41

  Lecomte, Nicolas ^a,c   Gauthier, Gilles ^a   Giroux, Jean François ^b  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Breeding dispersal; Capture recapture models; Habitat use; Nest site fidelity

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; DISPERSAL; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT USE; HETEROGENEITY; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; NEST SITE; NESTING SUCCESS; SETTLING BEHAVIOR; SITE FIDELITY; SNOWMELT; WATERFOWL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CANADA; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GOOSE; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GEESE; MALE; MOVEMENT; NESTING BEHAVIOR; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

ANSER; ANSER CAERULESCENS ATLANTICUS; CHEN;

EID: 38649141538     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0860-6     Document Type: Article

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