Demography of Zenaida Doves in Puerto Rico

We conducted a capture-recapture study of Zenaida Doves (Zenaida aurita) in three neighboring dairy farms in eastcentral Puerto Rico during 1984-1997. During 46 sampling periods, mean survival rate per sampling period was 0.77 (range = 0. 1-1.0), mean recruitment was 911 individuals (range = 182-5,1...

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Published inThe Condor (Los Angeles, Calif.) Vol. 102; no. 2; p. 385
Main Authors Rivera-Milan, Frank F, Vazquez, Myrna
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Waco American Ornithological Society 01.05.2000
Subjects
Animal behavior
Animal populations
Birds
Dairy farms
Demography
Ornithology
Population number
Survival
United States > US
Puerto Rico
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Summary:We conducted a capture-recapture study of Zenaida Doves (Zenaida aurita) in three neighboring dairy farms in eastcentral Puerto Rico during 1984-1997. During 46 sampling periods, mean survival rate per sampling period was 0.77 (range = 0. 1-1.0), mean recruitment was 911 individuals (range = 182-5,124), and mean population size was 1,569 individuals (range - 233-7,354).
ISSN:2732-4621
DOI:10.1650/0010-5422(2000)102[0385:DOZDIP]2.0.CO;2