Comparative demographics of tropical and temperate Roseate Terns

Waterbirds

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 346-356

  Nisbet, Ian C T ^a   Ratcliffe, Norman ^b  

^a ICT Nisbet and Company   (United States)

^b RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Demography; Productivity; Roseate Tern; Seabird; Sterna dougallii; Survival; Temperate; Tropical

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SITE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; PARAMETERIZATION; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL REGION;

AVES; STERNA DOUGALLII;

EID: 58049192537     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695-31.3.346     Document Type: Conference Paper

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