Predation by Eurasian sparrowhawks produces density-dependent mortality of wintering redshanks

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-35

  Whitfield, D Philip ^a  

^a SCOTTISH NATURAL HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accipiter nisus; Density dependent mortality; Intertidal zone; Population ecology; Predation; Redshank; Sparrowhawk; Tringa totanus; Weather

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; MORTALITY; PREDATION; PREDATION RISK; RAPTOR; WEATHER; WIND VELOCITY; WINTER;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIPITER; ACCIPITER NISUS; ADENOSTOMA SPARSIFOLIUM; AVES; RAPTORES; TRINGA; TRINGA TOTANUS;

EID: 0037287405     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2003.00672.x     Document Type: Article

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