Water level dynamics in wetlands and nesting success of Black Terns in Maine

Waterbirds

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 181-187

  Gilbert, Andrew T ^a,b   Servello, Frederick A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Black Tern; Chlidonias niger; Flooding; Nest success; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

FLOODING; NESTING SUCCESS; SEABIRD; WATER LEVEL; WETLAND;

MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CHLIDONIAS; CHLIDONIAS NIGER;

EID: 23744503398     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2005)028[0181:WLDIWA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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