Plumage characteristics and return rate of one-year-old tropical Roseate Terns

Waterbirds

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 58-63

  Monticelli, David ^a,b   Ramos, Jaime A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Immature; Indian ocean; Plumage; Return rate; Roseate Tern; Sterna dougallii

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL DATE; BODY SIZE; BREEDING POPULATION; PLUMAGE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RETURN PERIOD; SEABIRD;

ARIDE ISLAND; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; SEYCHELLES;

AVES; STERNA; STERNA DOUGALLII;

EID: 34250012306     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2007)030[0058:PCARRO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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