Nest site selection of the Black Tern in western New York

Waterbirds

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 582-595

  Hickey, Jeanne M ^a,b   Malecki, Richard A ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Black Tern; Chlidonias niger; Habitat availability; Logistic regression; Nest habitat; Nest site selection; New York

Indexed keywords

CHLIDONIAS NIGER; LARIDAE; ONDATRA ZIBETHICUS; PHRAGMITES; QUERCUS; SPARGANIUM;

BLACK TERN; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; NEST SITE SELECTION; VEGETATION DENSITY; WATER LEVEL;

USA, NEW YORK;

EID: 0031284434     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1521614     Document Type: Article

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