Feeding ecology of Forster's Terns on Lake Osakis, Minnesota

Waterbirds

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 87-94

  Fraser, Gail ^a,b  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chick feeding rates; Courtship feeding rates; Forster's Tern; Prey selection; Sterna forsteri

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS; LARIDAE; LEPOMIS; NOTROPIS HUDSONIUS; PERCA FLAVESCENS; STERNA; STERNA FORSTERI; NOTROPIS;

COURTSHIP FEEDING; FORSTER'S TERN; PREY SELECTION;

USA, MINNESOTA, LAKE OSAKIS;

EID: 0031398999     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1521767     Document Type: Article

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