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    Direct and indirect effects of nest predation risk on Arctic breeding shorebirds: Does availability of alternative prey contribute to nest mortality?

    Year: 2024, 2024
    Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
    Name(s): Creator (cre): Huang, Richard Kin Keung, Thesis advisor (ths): Nol, Erica, Thesis advisor (ths): Brown, Glen, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
    Abstract: <p>Arctic breeding shorebirds are often considered alternate or secondary prey to avian and terrestrial predators that primarily feed on cyclic populations of rodents. Predation risk can strongly influence habitat selection; however, there is limited understanding of how nest placement by shorebirds and subsequent risk of nest predation are affected by spatiotemporal patterns involving the… more