Productivity and nesting habitat characteristics of the Black Tern in northern New York

Waterbirds

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 596-603

  Mazzocchi, Irene M ^a   Hickey, Jeanne M ^a,c   Miller, Robert L ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION   (United States)

^b Wildlife Resources Center   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Black Tern; Chlidonias niger; Habitat; Nest success; New York; Productivity

Indexed keywords

CHLIDONIAS NIGER; PONTEDERIA CORDATA; SPARGANIUM; TYPHA;

BLACK TERN; BREEDING SUCCESS; NEST SITE SELECTION; NESTING HABITAT;

USA, NEW YORK, JEFFERSON COUNTY;

EID: 0031284427     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1521615     Document Type: Article

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