Temporal patterns in reproductive success in the endangered roseate tern (Sterna dougallii) nesting on long island, new york, and bird island, massachusetts

Auk

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 131-142

  Burger, Joanna ^a   Nisbet, Ian C T ^b   Safina, Carl ^c   Gochfeld, Michael ^d  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ICT Nisbet and Company   (United States)

^c NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY   (United States)

^d RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; LARIDAE; STERNA DOUGALLII;

EID: 0001642576     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4088941     Document Type: Article

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