Effects of predation and weather on the breeding success of avocets recurvirostra avosetta

Bird Study

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 91-101

  Hötker, Hermann ^a   Segebade, Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HATCHING; PREDATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL;

GERMANY; SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN;

RECURVIROSTRA AVOSETTA;

EID: 0034162027     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650009461163     Document Type: Article

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