Demographic response to perturbations: The role of compensatory density dependence in a North American duck under variable harvest regulations and changing habitat

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 960-969

  Péron, Guillaume ^a   Nicolai, Christopher A ^b   Koons, David N ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Nevada Fish & Wildlife Office   (United States)

Author keywords

Additivity; Capture mark recapture; Capture recovery; Compensation; Disturbance; Integrated population models; Leslie matrix; Sensitivity; Waterfowl Breeding Population and Habitat Survey

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; BREEDING SITE; DATA ACQUISITION; DEMOGRAPHY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DISTURBANCE; FECUNDITY; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT TYPE; HARVESTING; HUNTING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MORTALITY; POND; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ECOLOGY; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION SIZE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; WATERFOWL; WILD POPULATION;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DUCK; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO;

AGING; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DUCKS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO;

ANATIDAE; ANIMALIA; AYTHYA; AYTHYA AMERICANA;

EID: 84864936478     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.01980.x     Document Type: Article

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