Does fledging equal success? Post-fledging mortality in the Black-fronted Tern

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 217-221

  Keedwell, Rachel J ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Juvenile mortality; Reproductive success; Sterna albostriata; Survival

Indexed keywords

AVES; FELIS; FELIS CATUS; GALLIFORMES; LARIDAE; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; STERNA; STERNA ALBOSTRIATA;

EID: 0043289766     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1648/0273-8570-74.3.217     Document Type: Article

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