An integrated capture-recapture and stable-isotope approach to modeling sources of population rescue

Auk

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 923-931

  Coulton, Daniel W ^a   Clark, Robert G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anas platyrhynchos; Capture recapture; Demographic rescue; Mallard; Nest tunnel; Population growth; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; CAPTURE METHOD; DISPERSAL; MODELING; NEST; POPULATION GROWTH; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPECIES CONSERVATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; SURVIVAL;

CANADA; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; AVES;

EID: 70349436139     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2008.07191     Document Type: Article

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