The consequences of being colonial: Allee effects in metapopulations of seabirds
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Predation at seabird colonies tends to result in Allee effect dynamics, with birds at smaller colonies experiencing higher rates of predation due to a reduced dilution effect, lower collective vigilance, and less effective group anti-predator defenses.
“Predation at seabird colonies tends to result in Allee effect dynamics, with birds at smaller colonies experiencing higher rates of predation due to a reduced dilution effect, lower collective vigilance, and less effective group anti‐predator defenses (Schippers et al. 2011).”
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River Otter Predation of Nesting Seabirds Along the Coasts of North America
Stuntz, L., & Orben, R. A. (2025) · Ecology and Evolution · doi:10.1002/ece3.72118
“Predation at seabird colonies tends to result in Allee effect dynamics, with birds at smaller colonies experiencing higher rates of predation due to a reduced dilution effect, lower collective vigilance, and less effective group anti-predator defenses (Schippers et al. 2011).”
- Authors
- Schippers, P., Stienen, E. W. M., Schotman, A. G. M., Snep, R. P. H., & Slim, P. A.
- Affiliations
- Wageningen University & Research (NL)
- Research Institute for Nature and Forest (BE)
- Corresponding author
- Schippers, Peter
- Venue
- Ecological Modelling
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2011-09
- Volume
- 222
- Issue
- 17
- Pages
- 3061-3070
- ISSN
- 0304-3800 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2107794890
- Cited by
- 37
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 1 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 1
- FWCI
- 0.94
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- research.wur.nl
- Locations
- Ecological Modelling (publishedVersion)
- Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling (submittedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Flanders Marine Institute (Flanders Marine Institute) (submittedVersion)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- Belgian Federal Science Policy Office
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Avian ecology and behavior
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Keywords
- Allee effect, seabird colonies, metapopulation dynamics, common tern, density dependence, recolonization, patch isolation, early warning indicators, critical density threshold, predator defense, foraging efficiency, sex ratio
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