Effect of camera monitoring on survival rates of High-Arctic shorebird nests

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 280-288

  McKinnon, Laura ^a   Bêty, Joël ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artificial nests; Calidris bairdii; Calidris fuscicollis; Camera; Egg predation

Indexed keywords

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; AVES; CALIDRIS BAIRDII; CALIDRIS FUSCICOLLIS; LARUS HYPERBOREUS; SCOLOPACIDAE; STERCORARIUS LONGICAUDUS; VULPES LAGOPUS;

EID: 69449088125     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: 15579263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1557-9263.2009.00231.x     Document Type: Article

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