Within and between season nest-site and mate fidelity in Common Terns (Sterna hirundo)

Journal fur Ornithologie

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 491-498

  González Solís, Jacob ^a,b   Wendeln, Helmut ^a   Becker, Peter H ^a  

^a Vogelwarte Helgoland   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Breeding failure; Divorce; Nest dispersal; renesting

Indexed keywords

AGE; MATE FIDELITY; NEST SITE; NESTING SUCCESS; SEABIRD; SITE FIDELITY;

GERMANY; LOWER SAXONY; WILHELMSHAVEN;

AVES; CHARADRIIFORMES; HIRUNDO; LARIDAE; STERNA HIRUNDO;

EID: 0342316472     PISSN: 00218375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01650993     Document Type: Article

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