Population response to environmental productivity throughout the annual cycle in a migratory songbird

Population Ecology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 163-173

  Pillar, Andrew G ^a   Wilson, Scott ^b   Flood, Nancy J ^a   Reudink, Matthew W ^a  

^a THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abundance; BBS; Bullock s oriole; Climate; Long term; NDVI

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL CYCLE; ANNUAL VARIATION; BREEDING SEASON; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MOLT; NDVI; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SONGBIRD;

NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; ICTERUS BULLOCKII; PASSERI;

EID: 84926150022     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-014-0467-9     Document Type: Article

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