Parental attendance and brood success in American Oystercatchers in South Carolina

Waterbirds

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 511-517

  Thibault, Janet M ^a   Sanders, Felicia J ^b   Jodice, Patrick G R ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

American Oystercatcher; Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway; brood survival; Cape Romain; Haematopus palliatus; parental attendance; South Carolina

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BROOD SIZE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HABITAT TYPE; NEST SITE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL CARE; REARING; REEF; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESEARCH WORK; SHELLFISH; SURVIVAL; WADER;

SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

HAEMATOPUS PALLIATUS;

EID: 78651439507     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/063.033.0410     Document Type: Article

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