Density-dependence and winter weather as factors affecting the size of a population of Golden Plovers Pluvialis apricaria

Bird Study

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 227-234

  Yalden, Derek W ^a   Pearce Higgins, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pluvialis

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; GOLDEN PLOVER; POPULATION SIZE; WEATHER; WINTER;

CICONIIFORMES; PLUVIALIS; PLUVIALIS APRICARIA; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 0030760771     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063659709461058     Document Type: Article

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