Inter-individual variability and conspecific densities: Consequences for population regulation and range expansion

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Cardador, Laura ^a   Carrete, Martina ^b   Mañosa, Santi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREEDING; CIRCUS AERUGINOSUS; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CONSPECIFIC DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEATHER; FEMALE; INTERINDIVIDUAL VARIABILITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLUMAGE COLORATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION PRODUCTIVITY; POPULATION REGULATION; RAPTOR; SPAIN; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RANGE EXPANSION; ANIMAL; BIRD; GEOGRAPHY; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION;

AVES; CIRCUS;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BREEDING; FEATHERS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PIGMENTATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SPAIN;

EID: 84858974646     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033375     Document Type: Article

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