Diagnosing the timing of demographic bottlenecks: Sub-adult survival in red-billed choughs

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 797-805

  Reid, Jane M ^a   Bignal, Eric M ^b   Bignal, Sue ^b   Bogdanova, Maria I ^c   Monaghan, Pat ^d   McCracken, Davy I ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Scottish Chough Study Group   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apparent survival probability; Capture mark recapture; Conservation ecology; Declining population; Demographic variation; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MORTALITY; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; SONGBIRD; SURVIVAL;

ARGYLL AND BUTE; HEBRIDES; INNER HEBRIDES; ISLAY; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

INVERTEBRATA; PYRRHOCORAX PYRRHOCORAX;

EID: 79955955524     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.01973.x     Document Type: Article

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