Use of sandbanks by terns in Queensland, Australia: A priority for conservation in a popular recreational waterway

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 447-464

  Chan, Ken ^a,b   Dening, Jill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^b JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Area of International Importance; Caloundra sandbanks; Human recreation; Migration; Overwintering; Terns

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CENSUS; COASTAL WATER; OVERWINTERING; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRIORITIZATION; RECREATIONAL MANAGEMENT; SANDBANK; SPECIES INVENTORY; WADER; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MORETON BAY; QUEENSLAND;

AVES; CHLIDONIAS; CHLIDONIAS LEUCOPTERUS; LARIDAE; SCOLOPACIDAE; STERNA ALBIFRONS; STERNA HIRUNDO;

EID: 33846864898     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-005-6197-8     Document Type: Article

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