Female Common Terns Sterna hirundo eating mollusc shells: Evidence for calcium deficits during egg laying

Ibis

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 400-401

  Nisbet, Ian C T ^a  

^a I C T Nisbet and Company Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIRUNDO; LARIDAE; MOLLUSCA; STERNA HIRUNDO;

EID: 0030990714     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1997.tb04642.x     Document Type: Article

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