Habitat quality and metapopulation dynamics of Black-legged Kittiwakes Rissa tridactyla

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-45

  Kildaw, Dean ^a   Irons, David B ^b   Buck, C Loren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Black legged kittiwake; Colony dynamics; Conspecific attraction; Habitat quality; Metapopulation; Natal fidelity; North Pacific; Population size; Reproductive variability; Rissa tridactlya

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BREEDING POPULATION; HABITAT QUALITY; METAPOPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; PREDATION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEABIRD;

ALASKA; CHINIAK BAY; KODIAK ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

LARUS; LARUS GLAUCESCENS; RISSA; RISSA TRIDACTYLA;

EID: 50449094352     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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