Brood size and food provisioning in Common Terns Sterna hirundo and Arctic Terns S. paradisaea: Consequences for chick growth

Ardea

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-60

  Robinson, James A ^a,b   Hamer, Keith C ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b WILDFOWL AND WETLANDS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brood size; Chick growth rates; Provisioning rates; Sterna hirundo; Sterna paradisaea

Indexed keywords

BROOD SIZE; FOOD PROVISIONING; GROWTH RATE; NESTLING; SEABIRD;

UNITED KINGDOM;

STERNA HIRUNDO; STERNA PARADISAEA;

EID: 0033934107     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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