Experimental measurement of nesting substrate preference in Caspian terns, Sterna caspia, and the successful colonisation of human constructed islands

Biological Conservation

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 63-68

  Quinn, James S ^a   Sirdevan, Jane ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colonial nesting waterbirds; Habitat preference; Restoration

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL ISLAND; NESTING; SEABIRD; SUBSTRATE PREFERENCE;

CANADA, GREAT LAKES, LAKE ONTARIO;

CHARADRIIFORMES; LARIDAE; PISUM SATIVUM; STERNA CASPIA;

EID: 0032128247     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(97)00142-0     Document Type: Article

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