Apparent survival and population growth of snowy plovers in coastal northern California

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1792-1798

  Mullin, Stephen M ^a   Colwell, Mark A ^a   McAllister, Sean E ^b   Dinsmore, Stephen J ^c  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mad River Biologists   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

apparent survival; Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus; demography; fecundity; immigration; markrecapture; population growth; snowy plover

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; FECUNDITY; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; IMMIGRATION; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SURVIVAL; WADER;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

CHARADRIIDAE; CHARADRIUS ALEXANDRINUS; CHARADRIUS ALEXANDRINUS NIVOSUS;

EID: 78149445299     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2009-503     Document Type: Article

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