Status of the interior population of least tern

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 470-483

  Kirsch, Eileen M ^a   Sidle, John G ^b,c  

^a UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^c US Forest Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Endangered species; Fledging success; Least tern; Population status; Population trend; Productivity; Sterna antillarum

Indexed keywords

AVES; LARIDAE; STERNA ANTILLARUM;

EID: 0032964381     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802632     Document Type: Article

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