Habitat use by Seychelles sooty terns Sterna fuscata and implications for colony management

Biological Conservation

Volumn 81, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 69-76

  Feare, Chris J ^a,d   Gill, Elaine L ^b   Carty, Peter ^c   Carty, Harriet E ^c   Ayrton, Vicki J ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b DEFRA   (United Kingdom)

^c C/o GPO Grand Anse   (Seychelles)

^d BirdLife International ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

habitat management; habitat use; sooty tern; Sterna fuscata; sustainable exploitation

Indexed keywords

STERNA FUSCATA; PORTULACA OLERACEA; PORTULACACEAE; STACHYTARPHETA JAMAICENSIS; VERBENACEAE;

EPI BLEU; HABITAT USE; INTRODUCED PLANT; POURPIER; SOOTY TERN;

SEYCHELLES, ARIDE ISLAND; SEYCHELLES, DESNOEUFS;

EID: 0030618705     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(96)00114-0     Document Type: Article

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