Estimating golden-cheeked warbler immigration: Implications for the spatial scale of conservation

Animal Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 65-74

  Duarte, A ^a   Weckerly, F W ^a   Schaub, M ^b   Hatfield, J S ^c  

^a Texas State University   (United States)

^b SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Habitat connectivity; Immigration; Integrated population model; Monitoring; Population dynamics; Setophaga chrysoparia; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

DENDROICA CHRYSOPARIA; SETOPHAGA;

EID: 84956690459     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acv.12217     Document Type: Article

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