Density-dependent mortality of wintering Dunlins Calidris alpina through predation by Eurasian Sparrowhawks Accipiter nisus

Ibis

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 432-438

  Whitfield, D Philip ^a  

^a SCOTTISH NATURAL HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; MORTALITY; OVERWINTERING; PREDATION; WADER;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIPITER NISUS; ACCIPITRINAE; ADENOSTOMA SPARSIFOLIUM; AVES; CALIDRIS ALPINA; RAPTORES; SCOLOPACIDAE; TRINGA; TRINGA TOTANUS;

EID: 0043269365     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1474-919X.2003.00183.x     Document Type: Article

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