Floater mortality within settlement areas can explain the Allee effect in breeding populations

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 98-104

  Penteriani, Vincenzo ^a   Otalora, Fermín ^b   Ferrer, Miguel ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allee effect; Aquila adalberti; Density dependent fecundity; Extinction; Floater; Settlement areas; Spanish imperial eagle

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; PLANTS (BOTANY); POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ALLEE EFFECT; DENSITY-DEPENDENT FECUNDITY; SETTLEMENT AREAS; SPANISH IMPERIAL EAGLE;

ECOLOGY;

ALLEE EFFECT; BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SITE; EXTINCTION; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; AQUILA ADALBERTI; AQUILA HELIACA ADALBERTI;

EID: 40849135865     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.11.009     Document Type: Article

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