Effects of human recreation on the incubation behavior of American Oystercatchers

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 485-493

  McGowan, Conor P ^a,b   Simons, Theodore R ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIRD; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INCUBATION; NESTING SUCCESS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARENTAL CARE; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; WILD POPULATION;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM STEBBENSI VIRUS; AVES; HAEMATOPODIDAE; HAEMATOPUS PALLIATUS;

EID: 34249016006     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/05-084.1     Document Type: Article

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