A case of cooperative polyandry in the Common Tern

Waterbirds

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 31-34

  Ludwigs, Jan Dieter ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

Author keywords

Common Tern; Cooperative polyandry; Helping behaviour; Mating systems; Reproductive performance; Sterna hirundo

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BREEDING; POLYANDRY; SEABIRD;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; LOWER SAXONY; WILHELMSHAVEN;

HIRUNDO; LARIDAE; STERNA HIRUNDO;

EID: 1842661045     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2004)027[0031:ACOCPI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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