Wader nest distribution and predation in relation to man-made structures on coastal pastures

Biological Conservation

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 343-350

  Wallander, Johan ^a   Isaksson, Daniel ^a   Lenberg, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Conservation; Corvids; Lapwing; Nest predation; Shorebirds

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; COASTAL ZONE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GRASSLAND; HABITAT LOSS; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; NEST PREDATION; PASTURE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WADER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

CHARADRII; CORVIDAE; CORVUS CORONE CORNIX; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 33745743331     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.04.026     Document Type: Article

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