Diet of Common Terns in the Azores, Northeast Atlantic

Waterbirds

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 149-155

  Granadeiro, José P ^a   Monteiro, Luís R ^a   Silva, Mónica C ^a   Furness, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Azores; Common Tern; Diet; Mesopelagic; Prey fish

Indexed keywords

DIET; MESOPELAGIC ZONE; PREY SELECTION; SEABIRD;

AZORES;

CAPROS APER; DIRETMIDAE; HEXAPODA; HIRUNDO; INSECTA; LARIDAE; MACRORAMPHOSUS; MYCTOPHIDAE; STERNA; STERNA HIRUNDO; STERNOPTYCHIDAE; TRACHURUS; TRACHURUS PICTURATUS;

EID: 0036071437     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2002)025[0149:doctit]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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