Response of predators to Western Sandpiper nest exclosures

Waterbirds

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 79-82

  Niehaus, Amanda C ^a   Ruthrauff, Daniel R ^b   McCaffery, Brian J ^c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding; Calidris mauri; Daily survival rates; Egg predation; Exclosure; Long tailed Jaeger; Predator learning; Stercorarius longicaudus; Western Sandpiper

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EGG PREDATION; EXCLUSION EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; NEST SITE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SURVIVAL;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; CALIDRIS MAURI; CANIDAE; LAGOPUS; SCOLOPACIDAE; STERCORARIUS LONGICAUDUS;

EID: 1842811939     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2004)027[0079:ROPTWS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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