Incubation patterns of a shorebird with rapid multiple clutches, the Mountain Plover (Charadrius montanus)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 257-266

  Skrade, Paul Daniel Blom ^a   Dinsmore, S J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; CLUTCH SIZE; CONSERVATION GENETICS; INCUBATION; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PARENTAL CARE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPECIES CONSERVATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WADER;

MONTANA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; CHARADRIIDAE; CHARADRIUS MONTANUS;

EID: 84856548297     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: 14803283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z11-134     Document Type: Article

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