Time budgets and foraging of breeding golden plover Pluvialis apricaria

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 632-646

  Whittingham, M J ^a,c   Percival, S M ^a   Brown, A F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activity patterns; Habitat choice; Moorland management; Nocturnal foraging; Upland conservation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; CONSERVATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT USE; MOORLAND;

UNITED KINGDOM;

CALLUNA VULGARIS; ERIOPHORUM VAGINATUM; PLUVIALIS APRICARIA;

EID: 0033837452     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2000.00519.x     Document Type: Article

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