Annual variation in the benefits of a nesting association between Red Phalaropes (Phalaropus fulicarius) and Sabine's Gulls (Xema sabini)

Auk

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 276-290

  Smith, Paul A ^a,b   Gilchrist, H Grant ^b   Smith, James N M ^a   Nol, Erica ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Nest defense; Nest predation; Nesting association; Phalaropus fulicarius; Red Phalarope; Sabine's Gull; Shorebird; Xema sabini

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; NEST GUARDING; NEST PREDATION; NEST SITE; NESTING; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; ROCKY SHORE; WADER;

CANADA; EAST BAY; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT; SOUTHAMPTON ISLAND;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; AVES; DICROSTONYX; DICROSTONYX TORQUATUS; LARIDAE; PHALAROPUS; PHALAROPUS FULICARIA; XEMA SABINI;

EID: 33846846522     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2007)124[276:AVITBO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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