Behaviour of young Ringed Plovers Charadrius hiaticula and its relationship to growth and survival to reproductive age

• Published in: Ibis
• Main Author: Pienkowski, Michael W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1984
• Subjects: Arctic; Greenland; Mestersvig; Charadrius hiaticula; Ringed Plover
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919x.1984.tb07994.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1474-919X.1984.tb07994.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1984.tb07994.x

The behaviour, growth and survival of Ringed Plover chicks were studied in 1974 at Mestersvig, northeast Greenland, and from 1973 to 1976 at Lindisfarne, northeast England. Post‐fledging survival, dispersal and recruitment were also investigated for the Lindisfarne population. Growth rates were simi...