Use of temperature sensors to monitor patterns of nocturnal desertion by incubating Common Terns

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 384-391

  Arnold, Jennifer M ^a,c   Sabom, Darren ^a,c   Nisbet, Ian C T ^b   Hatch, Jeremy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b ICT Nisbet and Company   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bubo virginianus; Common Tern; Great Horned Owl; Incubation; Nocturnal behavior; Predation; Sterna hirundo

Indexed keywords

BUBO VIRGINIANUS; LARIDAE; STERNA HIRUNDO; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 33751024538     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: 15579263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1557-9263.2006.00068.x     Document Type: Article

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