Truncated power laws reveal a link between low-level behavioral processes and grouping patterns in a colonial bird

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Jovani, Roger ^a,b   Serrano, David ^a   Ursúa, Esperanza ^a   Tella, José L ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL SPECIALIZATION; NONHUMAN; NULL HYPOTHESIS; ORGANISM COLONY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION STRUCTURE; POWER LAW; SPAIN; ANIMAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FALCO NAUMANNI;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPAIN;

EID: 44349164481     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001992     Document Type: Article

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