Annual recapture and survival rates of two non-breeding adult populations of Roseate Terns Sterna dougallii captured on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, and estimates of their population sizes

Waterbirds

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 338-345

  O'Neill, Paul ^a   Minton, Clive D T ^b   Nisbet, Ian C T ^c   Hines, James E ^d  

^a Department of Defence   (Australia)

^b ICT Nisbet and Company ^*  (Australia)

^c ICT Nisbet and Company   (United States)

^d PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult survival; Great Barrier Reef; Mark recapture; Population size; Recapture probability; Roseate Tern; Seabird; Sterna dougallii

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANNUAL VARIATION; BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SITE; CAPTURE METHOD; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; ESTIMATION METHOD; POPULATION SIZE; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

AVES; STERNA DOUGALLII;

EID: 58049205570     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695-31.3.338     Document Type: Conference Paper

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