Resource selection plasticity and community responses to experimental reduction of a critical resource

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 971-980

  Aitken, Kathryn E H ^a,c   Martin, Kathy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cavity nesting birds and mammals; Dominant and subordinate species; European Starling; Mountain Bluebird; Natural cavities; Nest site limitation; Plasticity in resource selection; Resource limitation; Resource quality; Secondary cavity nesters

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NEST SITE; NESTING; PASSERINE; PLASTICITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE SELECTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SONGBIRD; TIME;

ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SONGBIRDS; TIME FACTORS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; MAMMALIA; SIALIA; SIALIA CURRUCOIDES; STURNIDAE; STURNUS VULGARIS; TACHYCINETA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR;

EID: 42249100434     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-0711.1     Document Type: Article

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