Predator exclosures enhance reproductive success but increase adult mortality of Piping Plovers (Charadrius melodus);Utilisation d'exclos chez le Pluvier siffleur (Charadrius melodus): Succés de reproduction plus élevé, mais mortalité accrue chez les adultes

Avian Conservation and Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Barber, Colleen ^a   Nowak, Astrid ^a   Tulk, Kirby ^b   Thomas, Linda ^b  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adult mortality; Charadrius melodus; Endangered species; Exclosure; Piping plover; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

CHARADRIUS MELODUS;

EID: 78651094462     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17126568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ACE-00419-050206     Document Type: Article

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