The effects of heat stress, predation risk and parental investment on Malaysian plover nest return times following a human disturbance

Biological Conservation

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 472-480

  Yasué, Mai ^a   Dearden, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Human disturbance; Malaysian plover; Predation; Shorebird; Tropical; Wader

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; INCUBATION; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PREDATION RISK; RETURN PERIOD; SEASONAL VARIATION; WADER;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

CHARADRIIDAE; CHARADRIUS PERONII; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 33747604393     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.04.038     Document Type: Article

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