Reuse of nesting scrapes by Kentish Plovers

Condor

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 157-159

  Amat, Juan A ^a   Fraga, Rosendo M ^a,b   Arroyo, Gonzalo M ^a,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b 25 de Mayo 749   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Charadrius alexandrinus; Kentish Plover; Nesting sites; Nesting success; Reuse of nests

Indexed keywords

CHARADRIUS ALEXANDRINUS; CICONIIFORMES;

EID: 0033015873     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370457     Document Type: Article

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