Importance of marine prey to growth of estuarine tern chicks: Evidence from an energetic balance model

Ardea

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 241-255

  Paiva, Vitor H ^a   Ramos, Jaime A ^a   Machado, Daniel ^b   Penha Lopes, Gil ^c   Bouslama, Mohamed Fadhel ^a   Dias, Nuno ^a   Nielsen, Søren ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chick growth; Energetic balance model; Estuarine terns; Little Tern; Marine prey; Salinas

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BREEDING; ENERGY BALANCE; FOOD QUALITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH; NEST; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SEABIRD;

ALGARVE; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ATHERINA; AVES; BELONE BELONE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FUNDULUS; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; LARIDAE; PALAEMONETES; PISCES; SARDINA PILCHARDUS; STERNA ALBIFRONS;

EID: 33845255739     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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