Latitudinal trends, population size and habitat preferences of the Damara Tern Sterna balaenarum on Namibia's desert coast

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Volumn 140, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 439-445

  Simmons, Robert E ^a   Cordes, Imke ^b   Braby, Rod ^a  

^a Namibia Ministry of Environment and Tourism   (Namibia)

^b MINISTRY OF FISHERIES AND MARINE RESOURCES   (Namibia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; HABITAT PREFERENCE; LATITUDINAL DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SIZE; SEABIRD; UPWELLING;

NAMIBIA;

AVES; CHARADRIIFORMES; INVERTEBRATA; LARIDAE; STERNA BALAENARUM;

EID: 0031850282     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1998.tb04605.x     Document Type: Article

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