Breeding together: Modeling synchrony in productivity in a seabird community

Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-10

  Lahoz Monfort, Jose J ^a,b,c   Morgan, Byron J T ^a   Harris, Michael P ^b   Daunt, Francis ^b   Wanless, Sarah ^b   Freeman, Stephen N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Breeding success; Chick survival; Clutch size; Eastern north atlantic seabird community; Hatchability; Integrative indicators; Isle of May; JAGS; Long term monitoring; Marine birds; Random effects; Southeast Scotland

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BREEDING; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DATA ACQUISITION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ESTIMATION METHOD; INCUBATION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; SEABIRD; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYNCHRONY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHARADRIIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHARADRIIFORMES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SCOTLAND; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); FIFE; ISLE OF MAY; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES;

EID: 84876149242     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-0500.1     Document Type: Article

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