Temporal Variation in Population Size of European Bird Species: Effects of Latitude and Marginality of Distribution

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Cuervo, José J ^a   Møller, Anders P ^b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUROPEAN BIRD; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LATITUDE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY DEPENDENCE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION SIZE; SAMPLING; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; STANDARD ERROR OF THE ESTIMATE; TREND STUDY;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; EUROPE;

EID: 84885724522     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077654     Document Type: Article

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