Habitat and nesting biology of Mountain Plovers in Wyoming

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 223-228

  Plumb, Regan E ^a   Anderson, Stanley H ^a   Knopf, Fritz L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Charadrius montanus; Hatching success; Mountain Plover; Nest site; Shortgrass prairie; Wyoming

Indexed keywords

AVES; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CHARADRIUS MONTANUS; CICONIIFORMES; CYNOMYS; UNGULATA;

EID: 18444409424     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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