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Effects Of Abiotic Factors On Population Dynamics Of The Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow And Continental Patterns Of Herpetological Species Richness : An Appropriately Scaled Landscape Approach, M. Philip Nott
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The effect of abiotic factors on population dynamics has been a central focus of ecology since its inception. This study examines the role of such factors in variously regulating the dynamics of selected avian and herpetological populations. This is achieved using a landscape ecology approach with special reference to the question of scale. In the first of these investigations, an appropriately scaled spatially explicit individual-based population model is constructed for the Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow (Ammodramus maritimus mirabilis). The model combines information about the sparrow's behavioral and life history characteristics with historical hydrological data, demographic survey data, and satellite-derived vegetation …