Effect of intraspecific interactions on seasonal decline in productivity of Common Terns Sterna hirundo

Bird Study

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 70-79

  Oswald, Stephen A ^a   Arnold, Jennifer M ^b   Hatch, Jeremy J ^b   Nisbet, Ian C T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^c ICT Nisbet and Company   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; KLEPTOPARASITISM; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD;

BIRD ISLAND [MASSACHUSETTS]; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

STERNA HIRUNDO;

EID: 14844293210     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650509461375     Document Type: Article

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