Human disturbance and stage-specific habitat requirements influence snowy plover site occupancy during the breeding season

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 853-863

  Webber, Alyson F ^a   Heath, Julie A ^a   Fischer, Richard A ^b  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Beach; Coastal engineering; Multi season occupancy models; Nesting; Restoration; Shorebird

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880051147     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.511     Document Type: Article

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