Factors influencing snowy plover nest survival on ocean-fronting beaches in coastal Northern California

Waterbirds

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 503-511

  Hardy, Michael A ^a   Colwell, Mark A ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Charadrius nivosus; Common Raven; nest predation; nest success; nest survival; shorebird; Snowy Plover

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DEBRIS FLOW; EGG; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INCUBATION; NEST PREDATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; WADER;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; BIVALVIA; CHARADRIIDAE; CHARADRIUS; CHARADRIUS ALEXANDRINUS; CORVUS CORAX;

EID: 84872938445     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/063.035.0401     Document Type: Article

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