Roost availability may constrain shorebird distribution: Exploring the energetic costs of roosting and disturbance around a tropical bay

Biological Conservation

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 225-235

  Rogers, Danny I ^a   Piersma, Theunis ^b,c   Hassell, Chris J ^d  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d Turnstone Nature Discovery   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coastal wetlands; Focal point regulation; Human disturbance; Roebuck Bay; Roosting behavior; Sandpipers Calidris sp

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RADIOTELEMETRY; ROOST SITE; ROOSTING; TROPICAL REGION; WADER;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; ROEBUCK BAY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

AVES; CALIDRIS; CALIDRIS CANUTUS; CALIDRIS TENUIROSTRIS; RAPTORES; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 33748692955     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.06.007     Document Type: Article

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