Nest sites and conservation of endangered Interior Least Terns Sterna antillarum athalassos on an alkaline flat in the south-central Great Plains (USA);Miejsca lȩgowe i ochrona rybitwy małej (ssp. athalassos) na alkalicznej równinie w stanie Oklahoma, USA

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 135-141

  Winton, Bryan R ^a   Leslie Jr , David M ^b  

^a Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apparent nest success; Flooding; Interior Least Terns; Nest losses; Oklahoma; Predator exclosures; Sterna antillarum athalassos

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; NEST SITE; NESTING SUCCESS; PREDATION; SEABIRD;

CANIDAE; CANIS LATRANS; CARNIVORA; LARIDAE; LARUS DELAWARENSIS; MEPHITIDAE; MEPHITIS; STERNA; STERNA ANTILLARUM;

EID: 0942289007     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/068.038.0211     Document Type: Article

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