Intercolony and annual differences in the diet and feeding ecology of little tern adults and chicks in Portugal

Condor

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 366-376

  Catry, Teresa ^a   Ramos, Jaime A ^a   Martins, Jorge ^b   Peste, Filipa ^c   Trigo, Sandra ^c   Paiva, Vitor H ^a   Almeida, Ana ^b   Luís, António ^c   Palma, Jorge ^b   Andrade, Pedro J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Diet; Estuarine terns; Foraging ecology; Foraging habitats; Little Tern; Sterna albifrons

Indexed keywords

ATHERINA; ATHERINA HEPSETUS; AVES; BELONE BELONE; CLUPEIDAE; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FUNDULUS; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; GOBIIDAE; LARIDAE; POMATOSCHISTUS; SARDINA PILCHARDUS; STERNA ALBIFRONS;

EID: 33646947321     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2006)108[366:IAADIT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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