Piping plover brood foraging ecology on New York barrier islands

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 346-354

  Elias, Susan P ^a,c   Fraser, James D ^a   Buckley, P A ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrier island; Beach; Behavior; Charadrius melodus; Foraging; Habitat; New York; Piping plover; Populations; Reproduction; Shorebird; Survival

Indexed keywords

BARRIER ISLAND; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; SURVIVAL; WADER;

LONG ISLAND; NEW YORK; UNITED STATES;

ARTHROPODA; CHARADRIUS MELODUS; GALLUS GALLUS; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 0034005042     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3803232     Document Type: Article

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