The secret life of wader chicks : understanding the ontogeny of behaviours towards independence in Eurasian oystercatchers (Haematopus ostralegus)

• Main Author: Bobeková, Ingrid, 1991-
• Other Authors: Háskólinn á Akureyri
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Háskólasetur Vestfjarða; Haf- og strandsvæðastjórnun; Meistaraprófsritgerðir; Vaðfuglar; Búsvæði; Náttúrufar; Tjaldur; University Centre of the Westfjords; Coastal and marine management; Bird breeding; Landscape alterations; Haf; Svæði; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1946/42002

Wader populations across the world are declining largely due to direct and indirect anthropogenic impacts on the quality of coastal and near-coastal habitats on which they rely. Iceland, an internationally important area for breeding migratory waders, has undergone large-scale landscape alterations...