Living with gulls: The consequences for sandwich terns of breeding in association with black-headed gulls

Waterbirds

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 68-82

  Stienen, E W M ^a,b,c   Brenninkmeijer, A ^a,d   Geschiere, C E ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^d WITTEVEEN BOS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Black headed Gull; Chick growth; Diurnal rhythm; Effects of wind; Energy consumption; Feeding ecology; Kleptoparaistism; Sandwich tern; Tidal effects

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL ACTIVITY; FEEDING ECOLOGY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; KLEPTOPARASITISM; SEABIRD; TIDAL CYCLE; WIND VELOCITY;

GRIEND; NETHERLANDS;

LARUS RIDIBUNDUS; STERNA SANDVICENSIS;

EID: 0035006156     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1522245     Document Type: Article

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