Regional drivers of clutch loss reveal important trade-offs for beach-nesting birds

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Volumn 2016, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Maslo, Brooke ^a   Schlacher, Thomas A ^b   Weston, Michael A ^c   Huijbers, Chantal M ^b   Anderson, Chris ^b   Gilby, Ben L ^b   Olds, Andrew D ^b   Connolly, Rod M ^d   Schoeman, David S ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Egg loss; Flood; Predators; Sandy shore; Seascape; Shorebirds

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CORVIDAE; DOG; DRIVER; EXPOSURE; FLOODING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; PROBABILITY; QUEENSLAND; SEASHORE; SHOREBIRD; VEGETATION;

EID: 84991288278     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.2460     Document Type: Article

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