High mortality of piping plovers on beaches with abundant ghost crabs: Correlation, not causation

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 321-329

  Wolcott, Donna L ^a   Wolcott, Thomas G ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACH; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CRAB; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; PREDATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WADER;

UNITED STATES;

CHARADRIUS MELODUS; DECAPODA; OCYPODE QUADRATA;

EID: 0032807207     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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