Breeding ecology of Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus in an extremely hot environment

Bird Study

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 244-252

  Kosztolańyi, András ^a   Javed, Sàlim ^b   Küpper, Clemens ^c   Cuthill, Innes C ^d   Al Shamsi, Abdulnasser ^b   Székely, Tamás ^c  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY ABU DHABI   (United Arab Emirates)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MATE FIDELITY; NEST SITE; PARENTAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SITE FIDELITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WADER; WETLAND;

ABU DHABI [UNITED ARAB EMIRATES]; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

AVES; CHARADRIIDAE; CHARADRIUS ALEXANDRINUS;

EID: 76749151049     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650902792106     Document Type: Article

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