Life-history and demographic variation in an alpine specialist at the latitudinal extremes of the range

Population Ecology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 459-471

  Wilson, Scott ^a,c   Martin, Kathy ^b,c  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lagopus leucura; Population growth; Reproductive ecology; Seasonality; Survival; White tailed ptarmigan

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BREEDING SEASON; CLUTCH SIZE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISPERSAL; FECUNDITY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GAMEBIRD; LATITUDE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEASONALITY; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CANADA; COLORADO; UNITED STATES; YUKON TERRITORY;

LAGOPUS; LAGOPUS LEUCURUS;

EID: 79958124011     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-011-0261-x     Document Type: Article

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