Sex differences in incubation behaviour but not mortality risk in a threatened shorebird

Ibis

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 877-880

  Burns, Fiona ^a   Mcculloch, Neil ^b   Dos Remedios, Natalie ^a   Bolton, Mark ^c   Szekely, Tamas ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation; Demography; Sex related survival; St Helena Plover; Wader; Wirebird (synonym)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BREEDING; CONSERVATION STATUS; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; INCUBATION; MORTALITY RISK; POPULATION GROWTH; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL; WADER;

SAINT HELENA;

AVES; CHARADRIUS SANCTAEHELENAE;

EID: 84884356001     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12071     Document Type: Article

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