Egg crypsis in a ground-nesting shorebird influences nest survival

Ecosphere

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Skrade, P D B ^a,b   Dinsmore, S J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KNOX COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Charadrius montanus; Egg crypsis; Eggshell color; Mountain Plover; Nest survival; Phillips County, Montana, USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901001526     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES13-00246.1     Document Type: Article

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