Identifying predators of eggs and chicks of Lapwing Vanellus vanellus and Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa in the Netherlands and the importance of predation on wader reproductive output

Ibis

Volumn 150, Issue SUPPL.1, 2008, Pages 74-85

  Teunissen, Wolf ^a   Schekkerman, Hans ^b,c   Willems, Frank ^a   Majoor, Frank ^a  

^a SOVON DUTCH CENTRE FOR FIELD ORNITHOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agricultural intensification; Conservation biology; Farmland birds; Habitat management; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; CLUTCH SIZE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; EGG PREDATION; GAMEBIRD; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MAMMAL; PASSERINE; POPULATION DECLINE; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WADER;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

ARDEA CINEREA; AVES; BUTEO BUTEO; CORVUS CORONE; LIMOSA LIMOSA; MAMMALIA; MUSTELA ERMINEA; VANELLUS VANELLUS; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 50049102103     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2008.00861.x     Document Type: Article

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