What preys on piping plover eggs and chicks?

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 113-119

  Ivan, Jacob S ^a,b,d,e   Murphy, Robert K ^c,e,f  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^b United States Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^c Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge Complex   (United States)

^d Green Bay and Gravel Island National Wildlife Refuges   (United States)

^e SRSU Student Chapter   (United States)

^f National Wildlife Refuges and Wetland Management Districts   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkali lakes; Charadrius melodus; Great Plains; Montana; North Dakota; Piping plover; Predation; Reproductive success; Threatened and endangered species

Indexed keywords

EGG PREDATION; EXCLUSION EXPERIMENT; NEST PREDATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WADER;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; CHARADRIUS MELODUS; CORVUS BRACHYRHYNCHOS; LARUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 22244440564     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2005)33[113:WPOPPE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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