Predation on common tern eggs in relation to sub-colony size, nest aggregation and breeding synchrony

Waterbirds

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 280-289

  Hernández Matías, Antonio ^a   Jover, Lluís ^a   Ruiz, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Colonialism; Common tern; Density; Predation; Seabird; Sterna hirundo

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; COLONIAL BREEDING; EGG PREDATION; SEABIRD; SYNCHRONY;

CATALONIA; EBRO DELTA; SPAIN;

AVES; HIRUNDO; LARIDAE; STERNA; STERNA HIRUNDO; UNIDENTIFIED AGENTS;

EID: 0345134612     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2003)026[0280:POCTEI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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