Breeding biology and status of the California least tern Sterna antillarum browni at Alameda Point, San Francisco Bay, California

Waterbirds

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 317-325

  Elliott, Meredith L ^a   Hurt, Rachel ^b   Sydeman, William J ^a  

^a PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alameda Point; Breeding success; Dropped prey; Environmental stochasticity; Estuary; Least Tern; Population status; San Francisco Bay

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; CLUTCH SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HATCHING; NESTING; POPULATION SIZE; PREDATION; PREY SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD;

ALAMEDA POINT; CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

ATHERINOPSIDAE; ENGRAULIDAE; ENGRAULIS MORDAX; LARIDAE; STERNA ANTILLARUM; STERNA ANTILLARUM BROWNI;

EID: 35948962816     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2007)030[0317:BBASOT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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