Carrion subsidies provided by fishermen increase predation of beach-nesting bird nests by facultative scavengers

Animal Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 44-49

  Rees, J D ^a,b   Webb, J K ^c   Crowther, M S ^a   Letnic, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic resource; Artificial nest; Carrion; Fisheries; Nest predation; Scavenger; Shorebird; Spill over predation

Indexed keywords

AVES; CHARADRIUS RUFICAPILLUS; CORVUS CORONOIDES; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 84921568766     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acv.12133     Document Type: Article

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