A new application for transponders in population ecology of the common tern

Condor

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 534-538

  Becker, Peter H ^a   Wendeln, Helmut ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

Author keywords

Common Tern; Lifetime identification; Marking technique; Population biology; Reproductive strategies; Sterna hirundo; Transponder

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000389893     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369963     Document Type: Article

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