Relationship of Caspian tern foraging ecology to nesting success in the Columbia River estuary, Oregon, USA

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 73, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 447-456

  Anderson, Scott K ^a   Roby, Daniel D ^a   Lyons, Donald E ^a   Collis, Ken ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Real Time Research Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

colony attendance; diet composition; food availability; foraging ecology; productivity

Indexed keywords

DIET; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MORTALITY; NESTING SUCCESS; PREY AVAILABILITY; SALMONID; SEABIRD;

COLUMBIA RIVER; EAST SAND ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

AVES; HYDROPROGNE CASPIA; LARIDAE; ONCORHYNCHUS; PISCES; SALMONIDAE; STERNA CASPIA;

EID: 34249109431     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.02.006     Document Type: Article

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