Investigating patterns and processes of demographic variation: Environmental correlates of pre-breeding survival in red-billed choughs Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 777-788

  Reid, J M ^a   Bignal, E M ^b   Bignal, S ^b   Mccracken, D I ^c   Bogdanova, M I ^d   Monaghan, P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Scottish Chough Study Group   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Juvenile survival; Life history variation; Population growth rate; Population regulation; Territory quality

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DEMOGRAPHY; FLEDGING; GROWTH RATE; HOLISTIC APPROACH; LIFE HISTORY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; NEST SITE; PASSERINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BREEDING; CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SEASON; SONGBIRD; SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SCOTLAND; SEASONS; SONGBIRDS; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL;

ARGYLL AND BUTE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ISLAY; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

INVERTEBRATA; PYRRHOCORAX PYRRHOCORAX; TIPULIDAE;

EID: 44849087931     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01400.x     Document Type: Article

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