Intraspecific aggression by Roseate Tern adults on chicks in a tropical colony

Waterbirds

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 160-165

  Ramos, Jaime A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Breeding behavior; Chick adoption; Food shortage; Intraspecific aggression; Noncannibalistic infanticide; Roseate Tern

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; MORTALITY; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; SEABIRD;

ARIDE ISLAND; SEYCHELLES;

LARIDAE; STERNA DOUGALLII;

EID: 0042738126     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2003)026[0160:iabrta]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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