Do habitat potential, population density, and fires influence Scrub-Jay source-sink dynamics?

Ecological Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1079-1089

  Breininger, David R ^a   Oddy, Donna M ^a  

^a DYNAMAC CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphelocoma coerulescens; Demography, density dependence; Dispersal; Fire; Florida Scrub Jay; Habitat suitability; Source sink; Territory quality

Indexed keywords

FIRE; HABITAT; PASSERINE; POPULATION DENSITY; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS;

FLORIDA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

APHELOCOMA; APHELOCOMA COERULESCENS; APHELOCOMA COERULESCENS COERULESCENS; PASSERIFORMES; QUERCUS; SABAL;

EID: 4444245992     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-5002     Document Type: Article

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