The plight of a plover: Viability of an important snowy plover population with flexible brood care in Mexico

Biological Conservation

Volumn 209, Issue , 2017, Pages 440-448

  Cruz López, Medardo ^a,b   Eberhart Phillips, Luke J ^a   Fernández, Guillermo ^b   Beamonte Barrientos, René ^c   Székely, Tamás ^d   Serrano Meneses, Martín A ^c,e   Küpper, Clemens ^f  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c CENTRO TLAXCALA DE BIOLOGÍA DE LA CONDUCTA   (Mexico)

^d University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS AMÉRICAS PUEBLA   (Mexico)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Charadrius nivosus; Parental care; Population viability; Reproductive success; Survival; Wetland conservation

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HATCHING; IMMIGRATION; PARENTAL CARE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL; WADER; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; SINALOA;

CHARADRIUS; CHARADRIUS ALEXANDRINUS;

EID: 85016081034     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2017.03.009     Document Type: Article

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