Identification of nest predators at a Least Tern colony in southwest Indiana

Waterbirds

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 445-449

  DeVault, Travis L ^a   Douglas, Michael B ^a   Castrale, John S ^b   Mills, Charles E ^c   Hayes, Timothy ^d   Rhodes, Jr ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Indiana Division of Fish and Wildlife   (United States)

^c Cinergy Corp ^*  (United States)

^d Cinergy Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

Indiana; Larus delawarensis; Least Tern; Nest success; Predator; Productivity; Remote camera; Ring billed Gull; Sterna antillarum

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SITE; HABITAT; NEST PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SEABIRD;

INDIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

LARUS DELAWARENSIS; STERNA ANTILLARUM;

EID: 33646271853     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2005)28[445:IONPAA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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