Habitat selection by golden plover Pluvialis apricaria chicks

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 177-191

  Whittingham, Mark Jonathan ^a,c   Percival, Stephen Mark ^a   Brown, Andrew Francis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Food abundance; Food availability; Golden plover; Habitat selection; Moorland management; Radio telemetry; Upland conservation

Indexed keywords

CALLUNA VULGARIS; ERIPHORUM VAGINATUM; JUNCUS EFFUSUS; PLUVIALIS APRICARIA; TIPULA;

EID: 0035035340     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1439-1791-00049     Document Type: Article

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