Predation on wader nests in Europe

Ibis

Volumn 150, Issue SUPPL.1, 2008, Pages 54-73

  Macdonald, Michael A ^a   Bolton, Mark ^a  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Daily predation rate; Deterministic model; Habitat variables; Nest cameras; Nest density; Predator abundance; Predator identity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BREEDING SITE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; HABITAT LOSS; JUVENILE; NEST PREDATION; POPULATION DECLINE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; WADER;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

MAMMALIA; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 50049102204     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2008.00869.x     Document Type: Review

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