Can differences in incubation patterns of Common Redshanks Tringa totanus be explained by variations in predation risk?

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1033-1043

  Cervencl, Anja ^a,b   Esser, Wiebke ^c   Maier, Martin ^d   Oberdiek, Nadine ^c   Thyen, Stefan ^c   Wellbrock, Arndt ^c   Exo, Klaus Michael ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c University of Oldenburg ^*  (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breeding behaviour; Clutch predation; Temperature data loggers; Waders

Indexed keywords

AUTECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; EGG PREDATION; HATCHING DATE; INCUBATION; PREDATION RISK; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WADER;

EAST FRISIAN ISLANDS; FRISIAN ISLANDS; GERMANY; LOWER SAXONY; WANGEROOGE;

AVES; SCOLOPACIDAE; TRINGA; TRINGA TOTANUS;

EID: 80052731720     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-011-0696-z     Document Type: Article

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