When individuals senesce: The 'Florida effect' on stable populations of territorial, long-lived birds

Oikos

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 321-327

  Penteriani, Vincenzo ^a   Ferrer, Miguel ^a   Otalora, Fermín ^b   Del Mar Delgado, María ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b LABORATORIO DE ESTUDIOS CRISTALOGRÁFICOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; BREEDING POPULATION; DISPERSAL; FITNESS; LOCAL EXTINCTION; MATING BEHAVIOR; METAPOPULATION; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; SENESCENCE;

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EID: 61849156710     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2008.17190.x     Document Type: Article

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