Experimentally reducing neighbor density affects reproduction and behavior of a migratory songbird

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2467-2477

  Sillett, T Scott ^a,c   Rodenhouse, Nicholas L ^b   Holmes, Richard T ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Black throated Blue Warbler; Dendroica caerulescens; Density dependence; Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest; Nearctic Neotropical migratory birds; Neighbor density; Population regulation; Territorial behavior

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; POPULATION REGULATION; REPRODUCTION; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALIA; AVES; DENDROICA; DENDROICA CAERULESCENS; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 5344234508     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-0272     Document Type: Article

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