Colony-site tenacity and egg color crypsis in the Gull-billed tern

Waterbirds

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-30

  Sánchez, Juan M ^a   Corbacho, Casimiro ^a   Del Viejo, Antonio Munoz ^a   Parejo, Deseada ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Colony site tenacity; Egg color; Gelochelidon nilotica; Gull billed Tern; Habitat stabillity; Iberian Peninsula; Mediterranean areas

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COLOR; EGG; MIMICRY; SEABIRD; SITE FIDELITY; SUBSTRATE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AVES; CRYPSIS; GELOCHELIDON NILOTICA; LARIDAE;

EID: 1842711152     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2004)027[0021:CTAECC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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