Age-specific density-dependent survival in Mediterranean Gulls Larus melanocephalus

Ardea

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 305-312

  Marvelde, Luc Te ^a,d   Meininger, Peter L ^b   Flamant, Renaud ^c   Dingemanse, Niels J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Lisztlaan 5   (Netherlands)

^c Belgian Ornithological Research Association   (Belgium)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allee effect; Coloniality; Density dependence; Dispersal; Mark recapture; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLEE EFFECT; COLONIAL ORGANISM; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; EMIGRATION; FITNESS; JUVENILE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

LARUS MELANOCEPHALUS;

EID: 72549110889     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5253/078.097.0306     Document Type: Article

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