Effects of management strategies on the reproductive success of Least, Terns on dredge spoil in Georgia

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-34

  Spear, Kathryn A ^a   Schweitzer, Sara H ^a   Goodloe, Robin ^b   Harris, Deborah C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Ecological Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; STERNA ANTILLARUM; STERNA ANTILLARUM ANTILLARUM;

EID: 34247635092     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1528-7092(2007)6[27:EOMSOT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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