Chick provisioning by common terns in the southern Gulf of Maine, U.S.A.

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 158-160

  Rossell Jr , C Reed ^a   Hamilton, Christine D ^a,c   Weber, Louise M ^a   Kress, Stephen W ^b  

^a WARREN WILSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY   (United States)

^c San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD PROVISIONING; SEABIRD;

MAINE; STRATTON ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

GALLUS GALLUS; HIRUNDO; LARIDAE; STERNA HIRUNDO;

EID: 0034012076     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z99-184     Document Type: Article

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