Habitat preferences of waders (charadrii) on the coast of the orkney islands: Twelve species of wader were surveyed on 494 coastal sections, revealing features in addition to substratum type that are important in habitat selection

Bird Study

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 60-66

  Summers, Ronald W ^a   Underhill, Leslie G ^b   Simpson, Alexander ^c  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c Harbour Authority Buildings   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arenaria; Calidris; Charadrius; Gallinago; Haematopus; Limosa; Numenius; Pluvialis; Tringa; Vanellus

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; HABITAT SELECTION; SUBSTRATE; WADER;

(ORKNEY); SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADENOSTOMA SPARSIFOLIUM; ARENARIA INTERPRES; CALIDRIS; CALIDRIS ALBA; CALIDRIS ALPINA; CALIDRIS MARITIMA; CHARADRII; CHARADRIUS; CHARADRIUS HIATICULA; GALLINAGO; GALLINAGO GALLINAGO; HAEMATOPUS; HAEMATOPUS OSTRALEGUS; INVERTEBRATA; LIMOSA; LIMOSA LAPPONICA; NUMENIUS; NUMENIUS ARQUATA; PLUVIALIS; PLUVIALIS APRICARIA; SCOLOPACIDAE; TRINGA; TRINGA TOTANUS; VANELLUS; VANELLUS VANELLUS;

EID: 0036238560     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650209461245     Document Type: Article

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