The influence of cover on nesting red-capped plovers: A trade-off between thermoregulation and predation risk?

Victorian Naturalist

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 115-127

  Lomas, Stephanie C ^a   Whisson, Desley A ^a   Maguire, Grainne S ^b   Tan, Laura X ^a   Guay, Patrick Jean ^c   Weston, Michael A ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BirdLife Australia   (Australia)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Charadrius ruficapillus; Microhabitat; Shorebird; Wader

Indexed keywords

AVES; CHARADRIIDAE; CHARADRIUS RUFICAPILLUS; CORVUS MELLORI;

EID: 84923645791     PISSN: 00425184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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