Territory structure, parental provisioning, and chick growth in the American Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani

Ardea

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 219-227

  Hazlitt, Stephanie L ^a,b   Ydenberg, Ronald C ^a   Lank, David B ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Bird Studies Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

American Black Oystercatchers; Chick growth; Haematopus bachmani; Provisioning rates; Territory structure

Indexed keywords

FOOD PROVISIONING; GROWTH; PARENTAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TERRITORY; WADER;

GALLUS GALLUS; HAEMATOPODIDAE; HAEMATOPUS BACHMANI; PATELLIDAE; SCOLOPACIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1542289620     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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