Intraseasonal patterns in shorebird nest survival are related to nest age and defence behaviour

Oecologia

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 613-624

  Smith, Paul A ^a,c   Wilson, Scott ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Nest abundance; Nest age; Nest defence; Nest survival; Predation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BREEDING SEASON; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; NEST PREDATION; NEST STRUCTURE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL; TUNDRA; WADER;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHARADRIIFORMES; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHARADRIIFORMES; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

AVES;

EID: 77953687542     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1644-y     Document Type: Article

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