Aggression and nest spacing in single and mixed species groups of seabirds

Oecologia

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 144-150

  Pius, Sandra M ^a   Leberg, Paul L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gull billed tern; Mixed species subcolonies; Nearest neighbor distance; Nest density; Single species subcolonies

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOUR; BIRD COLONY; BIRDS; BLACK SKIMMER; GULL-BILLED TERN; MIXED SPECIES SUBCOLONIES; NEST SPACING; NESTING; SEABIRD;

RHYNCHOPS NIGER; STERNA NILOTICA;

EID: 0030617156     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050218     Document Type: Article

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