Aggression by adult South American Terns toward conspecific chicks

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 344-350

  Villanueva Gomila, Lujan ^a   Gatto, Alejandro ^b   Cabral, Karina ^a   Yorio, Pablo ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BOSCO   (Argentina)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^c Dpto B ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Breeding success; Infanticide; Intraspecific aggression; Sterna hirundinacea

Indexed keywords

AVES; STERNA HIRUNDINACEA;

EID: 72249094791     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: 15579263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1557-9263.2009.00240.x     Document Type: Article

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