Factors influencing snowy plover (Charadrius nivosus) nest survival at Great Salt Lake, Utah

Waterbirds

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 58-67

  Ellis, Kristen S ^a   Cavitt, John F ^b   Larsen, Randy T ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Charadrius nivosus; Great Salt Lake; nest predation; nest survival; shorebird; Snowy Plover

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION; BIRD; BREEDING SEASON; NEST SITE; POPULATION DECLINE; SURVIVORSHIP;

GREAT SALT LAKE; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

CHARADRIUS; CHARADRIUS ALEXANDRINUS;

EID: 84926466125     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/063.038.0108     Document Type: Article

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