Variation in sound levels produced within a Sooty Tern colony

Waterbirds

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 424-428

  Feare, Chris J ^a,b   Henriette, Elvina ^c   Feare, Simon E A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b WildWings Bird Management   (United Kingdom)

^c Division of Environment   (Seychelles)

^d Grayswood Common   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Sooty Tern; Sterna fuscata; Vocalizations; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

COLONY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEABIRD; VOCALIZATION;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; SEYCHELLES;

AVES; LARIDAE; STERNA; STERNA FUSCATA;

EID: 1342333643     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2003)026[0424:VISLPW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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