Breeding ecology of the kentish plover, charadrius alexandrinus, in the farasan islands, saudi arabia: (Aves: Charadriiformes)

Zoology in the Middle East

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-24

  AlRashidi, Monif ^a   Kosztolányi, András ^b   Shobrak, Mohammed ^c   Székely, Tamás ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c TAIF UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brood desertion; Mate fidelity; Nest site fidelity; Parental cooperation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BROOD DESERTION; HATCHING DATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATE FIDELITY; NEST SITE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; WADER;

FARASAN ISLANDS; JIZAN [SAUDI ARABIA]; SAUDI ARABIA;

CHARADRIIDAE; CHARADRIUS ALEXANDRINUS;

EID: 80051740550     PISSN: 09397140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2011.10648858     Document Type: Article

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