Sooty tern nesting success as a function of nest location, density and vegetation type in a neotropical atoll

Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 261-268

  Hazin, Maria Carolina ^a,b   Macedo, Regina H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b Diretoria de Áreas Protegidas ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Habitat choice; Nesting success; Reproductive success; Sooty Tern; Sterna fuscata

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ATOLL; HABITAT SELECTION; NEOTROPICAL REGION; NEST SITE; NESTING SUCCESS; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; VEGETATION TYPE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL; CEMITERIO ISLAND; FAROL ISLAND; PARANA; RIO GRANDE DO NORTE; ROCAS ATOLL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; CYPERUS; CYPERUS LIGULARIS; IRESINE; PORTULACA OLERACEA; PORTULACACEAE; STERNA FUSCATA;

EID: 51849083051     PISSN: 01035657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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