Conservation of gull and tern colony sites in northeastern Italy, an internationally important bird area

Waterbirds

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL.1, 1996, Pages 59-67

  Fasola, Mauro ^a   Canova, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conservation; Italy; Larus; Mediterranean; Nest habitat preferences; Predation; Sterna

Indexed keywords

AVES; LARIDAE; LARUS; LARUS GENEI; LARUS MICHAHELLIS; STERNA; STERNA ALBIFRONS;

EID: 0001829483     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1521946     Document Type: Article

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