Demographic response to environmental variation in breeding, stopover and non-breeding areas in a migratory passerine

Oecologia

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 445-459

  Schaub, Michael ^a,b   Jakober, Hans ^c   Stauber, Wolfgang ^c  

^a SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carry over effect; Demography; Lanius collurio; Migration; NDVI

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; ARRIVAL DATE; BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SITE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD SUPPLY; JUVENILE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NDVI; PASSERINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STOPOVER; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; VEGETATION COVER;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

LANIIDAE; LANIUS COLLURIO; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 80052689737     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-1999-8     Document Type: Article

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