Individual heterogeneity in black brant survival and recruitment with implications for harvest dynamics

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 4045-4056

  Lindberg, Mark S ^a   Sedinger, James S ^b   Lebreton, Jean Dominique ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Frailty; Growth rate; Harvest; Waterfowl

Indexed keywords

ANATIDAE; BRANTA BERNICLA; BRANTA BERNICLA NIGRICANS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84887912115     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.767     Document Type: Article

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