Age-specific survival and recruitment of piping plovers Charadrius melodus in the Great Lakes region

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 437-449

  Saunders, Sarah P ^a   Arnold, Todd W ^a   Roche, Erin A ^b   Cuthbert, Francesca J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; BIRD; BODY CONDITION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FLEDGING; POPULATION DECLINE; POULTRY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SURVIVAL;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA];

CHARADRIUS MELODUS;

EID: 85027932096     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jav.00319     Document Type: Article

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