|
The importance of competition, food, habitat, weather and phenotype for the reproduction of Buzzard Buteo buteo
From:
Bird Study
| Date:
July 1, 2004| Author:
Krà ¼ ger, Oliver
| Copyright British Trust for Ornithology Jul 2004. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information
|
Capsule Variation in reproduction between territories was strongly influenced by intra- and interspecific competition, phenotype, levels of rainfall and human disturbance.
Aims To assess the relative importance of competition, food, habitat quality, weather and phenotype as predictors of variation in reproduction in Buzzard.
Methods Annual breeding data were collected from 1989 to 1996 in a 300-km^sup 2^ study area and related to 35 independent variables through multivariate reg...
