Time to extinction in relation to mating system and type of density regulation in populations with two sexes

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 925-934

  Sæther, Bernt Erik ^a   Engen, Steinar ^a   Lande, Russell ^b   Møller, Anders Pape ^c   Bensch, Staffan ^d   Hasselquist, Dennis ^d   Beier, Josef ^e   Leisler, Bernd ^e  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Laboratoire de Parasitologie Evolutive CNRS UMR 7103 UFR 927   (France)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Demographic stochasticity; Density regulation; Great reed warbler; Mating system; Sex specific population dynamics

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EXTINCTION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX RATIO; STOCHASTICITY;

ACROCEPHALUS; ACROCEPHALUS ARUNDINACEUS; AVES; PHRAGMITES;

EID: 4344592945     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8790.2004.00869.x     Document Type: Article

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