Juvenile survival in a tropical population of roseate terns: Interannual variation and effect of tick parasitism

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 365, Issue , 2008, Pages 277-287

  Monticelli, David ^a,b   Ramos, Jaime A ^c   Hines, James E ^d   Nichols, James D ^d   Spendelow, Jeffrey A ^d  

^a ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ectoparasitism; First year survival; Multistate capture recapture models; Sterna dougallii; Temporal variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE CLASS; ANNUAL VARIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECTOPARASITE; JUVENILE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PARASITISM; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TICK;

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

AVES; IXODIDA; STERNA DOUGALLII;

EID: 52249094150     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07508     Document Type: Article

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