Is divorce in young common terns, Sterna hirundo, after recruitment just a question of timing?

Ethology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 46-56

  Ludwigs, Jan Dieter ^a   Becker, Peter H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL DATE; BREEDING; BREEDING SEASON; BREEDING SITE; DIVORCE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AVES; STERNA HIRUNDO;

EID: 33846286849     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2006.01300.x     Document Type: Article

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