Annual survival and movement patterns of Roseate Terns breeding in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands

Waterbirds

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 79-86

  Shealer, David A ^a   Saliva, Jorge E ^b   Pierce, Judy ^c  

^a LORAS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Caribbean Field Office   (United States)

^c Division of Fish and Wildlife   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult survival; Band loss; Caribbean; Emigration; Mark recapture; Roseate Tern; Seabird; Sterna dougallii

Indexed keywords

MOVEMENT; SURVIVAL;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES; OCEANIC REGIONS; PUERTO RICO; VIRGIN ISLANDS; VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.); WORLD;

GALLUS GALLUS; LARIDAE; STERNA DOUGALLII;

EID: 18844382429     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2005)028[0079:ASAMPO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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