Sequential polyandry in piping plover, Charadrius melodus, nesting in eastern Canada

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 444-446

  Amirault, Diane L ^a   Kierstead, Jonathan ^a   MacDonald, Peter ^b   MacDonnell, Larry ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b NOVA SCOTIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Charadrius melodus; Nova Scotia; Piping Plover; Sequential polyandry

Indexed keywords

MULTIPLE BROODING; PARENTAL CARE; POLYANDRY; WADER;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA; SABLE ISLAND; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CHARADRIUS MELODUS; CHARADRIUS MELODUS MELODUS;

EID: 27644475812     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22621/cfn.v118i3.21     Document Type: Article

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