Current caveats and further directions in the analysis of density-dependent population regulation

Oikos

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1115-1119

  Carrete, Martina ^a   Tella, José L ^a   Sánchez Zapata, José A ^b   Moleón, Marcos ^c   Gil Sánchez, José M ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOMONITORING; DEMOGRAPHY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; POPULATION ECOLOGY; POPULATION REGULATION; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 47749092450     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2008.16968.x     Document Type: Review

References (47)

1. Arcese, P. Smith, J. N. M. 1988. Effects of population density and supplemental food on reproduction in song sparrows J. Anim. Ecol. 57 : 119 136.
2. Arlt, D. Pärt, T. 2007. Nonideal breeding habitat selection: a mismatch between preference and fitness Ecology 88 : 792 801.
3. Balbontín, J. Ferrer, M. 2008. Density-dependence by habitat heterogeneity: individual quality versus territory quality. Oikos 117 in press.
4. Balbontín, J. et al. 2003. Variation in the age of mates as an early-warning signal of changes in population trends? the case of Bonelli's eagle in Andalusia Biol. Conserv. 109 : 417 423.
5. Beja, P. Palma, L. 2008. Limitations of methods to test density-dependent fecundity hypothesis J. Anim. Ecol. 77 : 335 340.
6. Berryman, A. A. 2004. Limiting factors and population regulation Oikos 105 : 667 670.
7. Berryman, A. A. et al. 2002. Population regulation, emergent properties, and a requiem for density dependence Oikos 99 : 600 606.
8. Both, C. 1998. Experimental evidence for density dependence of reproduction in great tits J. Anim. Ecol. 67 : 667 674.
9. Brett, M. T. 2004. When is a correlation between non-independent variables 'spurious'? Oikos 105 : 647 656.
10. Carrete, M. et al. 2005. Demography and habitat availability in territorial occupancy of two competing species Oikos 108 : 125 136.
11. Carrete, M. et al. 2006a. Components of breeding performance in two competing species: habitat heterogeneity, individual quality and density-dependence Oikos 112 : 680 690.
12. Carrete, M. et al. 2006b. Density-dependent productivity depression in Pyrenean bearded vultures: implications for conservation Ecol. Appl. 16 : 1674 1682.
13. Carrete, M. et al. 2006c. Linking ecology, behaviour and conservation: does habitat saturation change the mating system of bearded vultures? Biol. Lett. 2 : 624 627.
14. Carrete, M. et al. 2007. Habitat, human pressure, and social behaviour: partialling out factors affecting the extinction of Egyptian vulture territories Biol. Conserv. 136 : 143 154.
15. Darlington, R. B. Smulders, T. V. 2001. Problems with residual analysis Anim. Behav. 62 : 599 602.
16. Ferrer, M. Donázar, J. A. 1996. Density-dependent fecundity by habitat heterogeneity in an increasing population of Spanish imperial eagles Ecology 77 : 69 74.
17. Ferrer, M. Bisson, I. 2003. Age and territory quality effects on fecundity in Spanish imperial eagle (Aquila adalberti) Auk 120 : 180 186.
18. Ferrer, M. et al. 2006. How to test different density dependent fecundity hypotheses in an increasing or stable population J. Anim. Ecol. 75 : 111 117.
19. Ferrer, M. et al. 2008. Density dependence hypothesis and the distribution of fecundity J. Anim. Ecol. 77 : 341 345.
20. Forslund, P. Pärt, T. 1995. Age and reproduction in birds: hypotheses and tests Trends Ecol. Evol. 10 : 374 378.
21. Gil-Sánchez, J. M. et al. 2005. Differential composition in the age of mates in Bonelli's eagle populations: the role of spatial scale, non-natural mortality reduction, and the age classes definition Biol. Conserv. 124 : 149 152.
22. González, L. M. et al. 2006. Supplementary feeding as an effective tool for improving breeding success in the Spanish imperial eagle (Aquila adalberti) Biol. Conserv. 129 : 477 486.
23. Johnson, M. D. 2007. Measuring habitat quality: a review Condor 109 : 489 504.
24. Krüger, O. Lindström, J. 2001. Habitat heterogeneity affects population growth in goshawks Accipiter gentilis. J. Anim. Ecol 70 : 173 181.
25. Littell, R. C. et al. 1996. SAS system for mixed models. SAS Inst.
26. Martínez, J. E. et al. 2007. Breeding performance, age effects and territory occupancy in a Bonelli's eagle Hieraaetus fasciatus population Ibis 150 : 223 233.
27. Martínez-Abraín, A. 2007. Are there any differences? A non-sensical question in ecology Acta Oecol. 32 : 203 206.
28. Moreno, J. et al. 2003. The relationship between population means and variances in reproductive success: implications of life history and ecology Evol. Ecol. Res. 5 : 1223 1237.
29. Newton, I. 1979. Population ecology of raptors. Buteo Books.
30. Ontiveros, D. Pleguezuelos, J. M. 2003. Influence of climate on Bonelli's eagle (Hieraaetus fasciatus V.) breeding success through the western Mediterranean J. Biogeogr. 30 : 755 760.
31. Penteriani, V. et al. 2002. Landscape structure and food supply affect eagle owl (Bubo bubo) density and breeding performance: a case of intra-population heterogeneity J. Zool. 257 : 365 372.
32. Penteriani, V. et al. 2003. Simultaneous effects of age and territory quality on fecundity in Bonelli's eagle Hieraaetus fasciatus Ibis 145 : E77 E82.
33. Penteriani, V. et al. 2004. Spatial heterogeneity and structure of bird populations: a case example with the eagle owl Popul. Ecol. 46 : 185 192.
34. Ratikainen, I. I. et al. 2008. When density dependence is not instantaneous: theoretical developments and management implications Ecol. Lett. 11 : 184 198.
35. Robb, G. M. et al. 2008. Food for thought: supplementary feeding as a driver of ecological change in avian populations. Front. Ecol. Environ doi: 10.1890/060152.
36. Robertson, B. C. et al. 2006. Sex allocation theory helps species conservation Biol. Lett. 2 : 229 231.
37. Rodenhouse, N. L. et al. 1997. Site-dependent regulation of population size: a new synthesis Ecology 78 : 2025 2042.
38. Rodenhouse, N. L. et al. 2003. Multiple density-dependence mechanisms regulate a migratory bird population during the breeding season Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 270 : 2105 2110.
39. Schlaepfer, M. A. et al. 2002. Ecological and evolutionary traps Trends Ecol. Evol. 17 : 474 480.
40. Sergio, F. et al. 2007. Sequential settlement and site dependence in a raptor Behav. Ecol. 18 : 811 821.
41. Serrano, D. Tella, J. L. 2007. The role of despotism and heritability in determining settlement patterns in the colonial lesser kestrel Am. Nat. 169 : E53 E67.
42. Serrano, D. et al. 2005. Colony size selection determines adult survival and dispersal preferences: Allee effects in a colonial bird Am. Nat. 166 : E22 E31.
43. Sillett, T. S. et al. 2004. Experimentally reducing neighbor density affects reproduction and behavior of a migratory songbird Ecology 85 : 2467 2477.
44. Soutullo, A. et al. 2006. Density-dependent regulation of population size in colonial breeders: Allee and buffer effects in the migratory Montagu's harrier Oecologia 149 : 543 552.
45. Tella, J. L. et al. 2001. Offspring body condition and immunocompetence are negatively affected by high breeding densities in a colonial seabird: a multi-scale approach Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 268 : 1455 1461.
46. White, T. C. R. 2001. Opposing paradigms: regulation or limitation of populations? Oikos 93 : 148 152.
47. White, T. C. R. 2004. Limitation of populations by weather driven changes in food: a challenge to density-dependent regulation Oikos 105 : 664 666.