Breeding biology, mating system and population dynamics of the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Picoides minor): combining empirical and model investigations [Elektronische Ressource] / von Eva Rossmanith

Eva Rossmanith Breeding biology, mating system and population dynamics of the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Picoides minor): combining empirical and model investigations Institut für Biochemie und Biologie Arbeitsgruppe Vegetationsökologie und Naturschutz Breeding biology, mating system and population dynamics of the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Picoides minor): combining empirical and model investigations Dissertation zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades "doctor rerum naturalium" (Dr. rer. nat.) in der Wissenschaftsdisziplin "Ökologie" eingereicht an der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Potsdam von Eva Rossmanith aus Frankfurt am Main Potsdam, den 06.01.2005 This thesis aims to investigate breeding biology and population dynamics of the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Picoides minor). The results presented here were obtained using a range of approaches, from the empirical investigation of a Lesser Spotted Woodpecker population, analysis of raw data and the development and analysis of a simulation model. The thesis consists of four major chapters that can be read independently, since the single chapters focus on specific aims, each one showing an autonomous contribution into ecological research.