Are salinas a suitable alternative breeding habitat for Little Terns Sterna albifrons?

Ibis

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 247-257

  Catry, Teresa ^a   Ramos, Jaime A ^a   Catry, Inês ^b   Allen Revez, Manuel ^b   Grade, Nuno ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b Ria Formosa Natural Park ^*  (Portugal)

^c Centro de Educação Ambiental Do Marim   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SITE; CONSERVATION STATUS; NESTING SUCCESS; SEABIRD;

AVES; LARIDAE; STERNA; STERNA ALBIFRONS;

EID: 2042483846     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1474-919X.2004.00254.x     Document Type: Review

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