Rarity, life history and scaling of the dynamics in time and space of British birds

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 215-224

  Sæther, Bernt Erik ^a   Grøtan, Vidar ^a   Engen, Steinar ^a   Noble, David G ^b   Freckleton, Robert P ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extinction; Macroecology; Population synchrony; Population variability; Rarity syndrome; Species abundance

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLUTCH SIZE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; EXTINCTION RISK; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LIFE HISTORY; MACROECOLOGY; POPULATION SIZE; RARITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; SYNCHRONY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GREAT BRITAIN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES;

EID: 78649988886     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01751.x     Document Type: Article

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