DENSITY-DEPENDENCE IN THE BIRD POPULATIONS OF AN OAK WOOD OVER 22 YEARS

Authors
NEWTON I ROTHERY P DALE LC
Citation
I. Newton et al., DENSITY-DEPENDENCE IN THE BIRD POPULATIONS OF AN OAK WOOD OVER 22 YEARS, Ibis, 140(1), 1998, pp. 131-136
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Ornithology
Journal title
Ibis → ACNP
ISSN journal
00191019
Volume
140
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
131 - 136
Database
ISI
SICI code
0019-1019(1998)140:1<131:DITBPO>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Annual counts of the five commonest bird species in an oak wood in sou theastern England over 22 years showed evidence for density-dependent feedback in their year-to-year fluctuations, The counts also showed ev idence for effects of winter weather in two species (Wren Troglodytes troglodytes and Robin Erithacus rubecula). Evidence for density-depend ence in the Wren was greatly strengthened when effects of winter weath er were included in the analysis.