Selection indicates preference in diverse habitats: A Ground-Nesting bird (charadrius melodus) using reservoir shoreline

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Anteau, Michael J ^a   Sherfy, Mark H ^a   Wiltermuth, Mark T ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHARADRIUS MELODUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HABITAT PATCHINESS; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LAKE; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; SHOREBIRD; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES HABITAT; TERRITORIALITY; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CHARADRIIFORMES; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; LITTER SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; RIVER;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CHARADRIIDAE; CHARADRIUS MELODUS;

WATER;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHARADRIIFORMES; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; LAKES; LITTER SIZE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; RIVERS; SELECTION, GENETIC; WATER;

EID: 84856385484     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030347     Document Type: Article

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