Male-skewed adult sex ratio, survival, mating opportunity and annual productivity in the Snowy Plover Charadrius alexandrinus

Ibis

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 312-322

  Stenzel, Lynne E ^a   Page, Gary W ^a   Warriner, Jane C ^a   Warriner, John S ^a   Neuman, Kristina K ^a   George, Douglas E ^a   Eyster, Carleton R ^a   Bidstrup, Frances C ^a  

^a PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult sex ratio; Adult survival; Annual productivity; Barker model; Charadrius alexandrinus; Demography; Endangered threatened species; Program mark

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BREEDING SEASON; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FLEDGING; MORTALITY; NESTING SUCCESS; PARENTAL CARE; POLYANDRY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX RATIO; SKEWNESS; SURVIVAL; WADER;

CALIFORNIA; MONTEREY BAY; UNITED STATES;

AVES; CHARADRIIDAE; CHARADRIUS ALEXANDRINUS;

EID: 79952730296     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2011.01118.x     Document Type: Article

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