Effects of clutch size and egg-laying order on the breeding success in the Little Tern Sterna albifrons on the Nakdong Estuary, Republic of Korea

Ibis

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 408-414

  Hong, Soon Bok ^a   Woo, Yong Tae ^b   Higashi, Seigo ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kyungsung University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SUCCESS; CLUTCH SIZE; DIET; EGG-LAYING ORDER; PREDATION;

(SOUTH); KOREA; NAKONG ESTUARY;

ACANTHOGOBIUS FLAVIMANUS; ANCHOA; CHARADRIIFORMES; CRANGON; CRANGON AFFINIS; CRANGON AFFNIS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ENGRAULIS JAPONICUS; GALLUS GALLUS; HYPORHAMPHUS; HYPORHAMPHUS INTERMEDIUS; MUSTELA SIBIRICA; MUSTELINAE; PALAEMON; STERNA ALBIFRONS; TRIDENTIGER OBSCURUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031876437     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1998.tb04601.x     Document Type: Article

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