Floater strategies and dynamics in birds, and their importance in conservation biology: Towards an understanding of nonbreeders in avian populations

Animal Conservation

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 233-241

  Penteriani, V ^a,b   Ferrer, M ^a   Delgado, M M ^a,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bird populations; Breeders; Dispersal; Floaters; Nonbreeding; Settlement areas

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; DISPERSAL; HABITAT LOSS; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 79957565640     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2010.00433.x     Document Type: Review

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