Nestboxes and immigration drive the growth of an urban Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus population

Ibis

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 107-115

  Altwegg, Res ^a,b   Jenkins, Andrew ^b   Abadi, Fitsum ^a,b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Combining datasets; Demographic analysis; Human subsidized wildlife; Human wildlife conflict; Integrated population model; Life cycle; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DATA SET; DEMOGRAPHIC METHOD; IMMIGRATION; LIFE CYCLE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; NEST BOX; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CAPE TOWN; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 84890452010     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12125     Document Type: Article

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