Aspects of hatching success and chick survival in Gull-billed Terns in coastal Virginia

Waterbirds

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 54-59

  Eyler, T Brian ^a,b   Erwin, R Michael ^a,c   Stotts, Daniel B ^a   Hatfield, Jeff S ^a  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrier island; Gull billed Tern; Hatching success; Marsh shellpile; Predation; Sterna nilotica; Survival; Virginia

Indexed keywords

HABITAT TYPE; HATCHING; POPULATION DECLINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

BUBO VIRGINIANUS; CHARADRIIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; GELOCHELIDON NILOTICA; LARIDAE; STERNA NILOTICA; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 0033393203     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1521993     Document Type: Article

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