Placement,survival and predator identity of Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata nests on lowland grass-heath |
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| Authors: | Natalia B Zielonka Robert W Hawkes Helen Jones Robert J Burnside Paul M Dolman |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UKn.zielonka@uea.ac.uk;3. School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK;4. RSPB Centre for Conservation Science, The Lodge, Bedfordshire, UK |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACTCapsuleWithin the UK’s largest lowland Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata population, curlew preferentially nested on physically disturbed (treated) than undisturbed (control) grassland, and low nest survival rates were primarily attributable to predation by Red Fox Vulpes vulpes. |
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