Colonies of four species of terns and the black skimmer in western Mexico

Waterbirds

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 358-366

  Mellink, Eric ^a   Palacios, Eduardo ^a,b   Amador, Edgar ^b,c  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^b Pronatura Noreste AC   (Mexico)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Elegans; Forsteri; Maxima; Rynchops niger; Sterna caspia

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; COLONY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; NEST SITE; SEABIRD; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR; COLIMA; CUYUTLAN LAGOON; GUERRERO NEGRO; MARISMAS NACIONALES; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC COAST [MEXICO]; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA];

LARIDAE; RYNCHOPS NIGER; STERNA CASPIA; STERNA ELEGANS; STERNA MAXIMA;

EID: 35948970691     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2007)030[0358:COFSOT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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