Age-related survival and behavior of Snowy Plover chicks

Condor

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 638-647

  Colwell, Mark A ^a   Hurley, Susan J ^a   Hall, James N ^a   Dinsmore, Stephen J ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antipredator behavior; Charadrius alexandrinus; Chick survival; Habitat quality; Human disturbance; Predation danger; Snowy Plover

Indexed keywords

AVES; CHARADRIUS ALEXANDRINUS; CHARADRIUS ALEXANDRINUS NIVOSUS;

EID: 34548396642     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/8236.1     Document Type: Article

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