'Optimal' colony size for Least Terns: An intercolony study of opposing selective pressures by predators

Condor

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 607-615

  Brunton, Dianne ^a,b,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Black crowned Night Heron; Breeding success; Colonial breeding; Least Terns; Nesting density; Nesting synchrony; Predation

Indexed keywords

CORVUS BRACHYRHYNCHOS; LARUS ARGENTATUS; NYCTICORAX NYCTICORAX; STERNA ANTILLARUM;

EID: 0032772628     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370190     Document Type: Article

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