Nest-site selection by golden plover: Why do shorebirds avoid nesting on slopes?

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 184-190

  Whittingham, Mark J ^a,c   Percival, Stephen M ^b   Brown, Andrew F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEST PREDATION; NEST SITE; PLATEAU; SITE SELECTION; SLOPE; WADER;

UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES; CALLUNA; CICONIIFORMES; MUSTELA; MUSTELA ERMINEA; PLUVIALIS; PLUVIALIS APRICARIA; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 0036267701     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-048X.2002.330210.x     Document Type: Article

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