Nest monitoring and predator visitation at nests of Banded Dotterels

Condor

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 899-902

  Keedwell, Rachel J ^a   Sanders, Mark D ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Banded Dotterel; Charadrius bicinctus; Investigator disturbance; Nest monitoring; Predation; Videocameras

Indexed keywords

CHARADRIUS BICINCTUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 18444374521     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2002)104[0899:NMAPVA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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