Analysing spatial and temporal variation in colony size: An approach using autoregressive mixed models and information theory

Population Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 161-174

  Olea, Pedro P ^a  

^a IE UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

AIC; Corvus frugilegus; Derived variable; Glmm; Rook; Temporal autocorrelation

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; BREEDING POPULATION; FEEDING GROUND; FOOD LIMITATION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PASSERINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION SIZE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CORVUS FRUGILEGUS;

EID: 58149201262     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-008-0106-4     Document Type: Article

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