Breeding biology of an interior least tern (Sterna antillarum athalassos) colony in Childress County of north Texas

Texas Journal of Science

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-58

  Conway, Warren C ^a   Smith, Loren M ^b   Ray, James D ^b  

^a STEPHEN F AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYNOMYS; LARIDAE; RIPARIA; STERNA ANTILLARUM; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037302983     PISSN: 00404403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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