Within and between species competition in a seabird community: Statistical exploration and modeling of time-series data

Oecologia

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 685-694

  Durant, J M ^a   Krasnov, Y V ^b   Nikolaeva, N G ^c   Stenseth, N C ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b MURMANSK MARINE BIOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c WWF Russia   (Russian Federation)

^d INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Black legged kittiwake; Breeding phenology; Colonial seabirds; Competition; Guillemots

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; COEXISTENCE; COLONIAL ORGANISM; COLONY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; PELAGIC FISH; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION SIZE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEABIRD; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TIME SERIES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHARADRIIFORMES; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

ALCIDAE; LARUS; MALLOTUS (FISH); MALLOTUS VILLOSUS; RISSA TRIDACTYLA; URIA AALGE; URIA LOMVIA;

EID: 84862199894     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-2226-3     Document Type: Article

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