Population dynamics of an expanding passerine at the distribution margin

• Published in: Journal of Avian Biology
• Main Authors: Karvonen, J., Orell, M., Rytkönen, S., Broggi, Juli, Belda, Eduardo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Blackwell Publishing 2012
• Subjects: Parus; Northern Finland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/67446; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-048X.2011.05376.x

Individuals may be maladapted to novel environments at the species' distribution margin. We investigated population dynamics in a marginal habitat where reproduction has been proven poor. Survival, population growth rate (λ) and its components, breeding and natal dispersal were studied in great...