Annual variation in laying date and breeding success of Brown Noddies on Aride Island, Seychelles

Emu

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-86

  Ramos, Jaime A ^a   Maul, Anna Maria ^b   Bowler, John ^c,d   Wood, Louisa ^c,e   Threadgold, Rob ^c   Johnson, Sharon ^c   Birch, Darryl ^c   Walker, Susan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b c/o Grande Anse ^*  (Austria)

^c Aride Island Nature Reserve   (Seychelles)

^d RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BODY CONDITION; EL NINO; GROWTH RATE; LAYING DATE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ARIDE ISLAND; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; SEYCHELLES;

ANOUS STOLIDUS; ANOUS TENUIROSTRIS; AVES; LARIDAE; STERNA DOUGALLII;

EID: 33644853941     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU05023     Document Type: Article

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