The foraging ecology of Royal and Sandwich Terns in North Carolina, USA

Waterbirds

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 361-370

  McGinnis, T W ^a   Emslie, S D ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraging ecology; North Carolina; Royal Tern; Sandwich Tern; Stable isotopes; Sterna maxima; Sterna sandvicensis

Indexed keywords

DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NICHE PARTITIONING; SEABIRD; STABLE ISOTOPE;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

ANCHOA; AVES; CARANGIDAE; CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEIDAE; ENGRAULIDAE; GALLUS GALLUS; LARIDAE; MUGIL; MUGILIDAE; SCIAENIDAE; SCOMBRIDAE; SPARIDAE; STERNA; STERNA MAXIMA; STERNA SANDVICENSIS;

EID: 0035652210     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1522066     Document Type: Article

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