Equal nonbreeding period survival in adults and juveniles of a long-distant migrant bird

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 756-765

  Grüebler, Martin U ^a   Korner Nievergelt, Fränzi ^a,b   Naef Daenzer, Beat ^a  

^a SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b Oikostat GmbH Statistical Analysis and Consulting   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Avian demography; Bird migration; Hirundo rustica; Life history stages; Population ecology; Postfledging survival

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896300616     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.984     Document Type: Article

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