Contribution of research to management and recovery of the Roseate Tern: Review of a twelve-year project

Waterbirds

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 239-252

  Nisbet, Ian C T ^a   Spendelow, Jeffrey A ^b  

^a ICT Nisbet and Company   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Management; Population recovery; Research; Roseate Tern; Sterna dougallii; USA

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION STATUS; POPULATION GROWTH; RESEARCH PROGRAM; SEABIRD;

ATLANTIC COAST; UNITED STATES;

GADUS MORHUA; STERNA DOUGALLII;

EID: 0033364678     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1522212     Document Type: Review

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