Implications of nest-site limitation on density-dependent nest predation at variable spatial scales in a cavity-nesting bird

Oikos

Volumn 118, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 991-1000

  Banda, Eva ^a   Blanco, Guillermo ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; LIMITING FACTOR; NEST PREDATION; NEST SITE; PASSERINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION REGULATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

AVES; PYRRHOCORAX PYRRHOCORAX;

EID: 67649553485     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.17363.x     Document Type: Article

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