Survival and movement of chicks of the least tern (STERNA ANTILLARUM) on an alkaline flat

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 176-181

  Whither, Joanna B ^a,b   Leslie Jr , David M ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STERNA ANTILLARUM;

EID: 67650077512     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/MH-29.1     Document Type: Article

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