Influence of woodland cover on habitat selection and reproductive parameters of tropical roseate terns: Implications for colony management

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 257-266

  Monticelli, David ^a,b   Ramos, Jaime A ^c   Doucet, Jean Louis ^b  

^a ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Canopy cover; Habitat preference; Pisonia grandis; Seabird colonies; Sterna dougallii; Western Indian Ocean

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; CANOPY; HABITAT SELECTION; NEST SITE; SEABIRD; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WOODLAND;

ARIDE ISLAND; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (WEST); INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; SEYCHELLES;

AVES; IXODIDA; PISONIA GRANDIS; STERNA DOUGALLII; STERNA FUSCATA;

EID: 43149090728     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00079     Document Type: Article

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