Laying date, chick provisioning, and breeding success of lesser noddies on Aride Island, Seychelles

Condor

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 887-895

  Ramos, Jaime A ^a   Maul, Anna Maria ^b   Bowler, John ^c   Monticelli, David ^d   Pacheco, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b Shepherd's Cottage ^*  (Austria)

^c RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anous tenuirostris; Breeding parameters; Chick growth; Chick provisioning; Lesser Noddy; Tropical terns

Indexed keywords

ANOUS; ANOUS TENUIROSTRIS; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; LARIDAE; STERNA; STERNA DOUGALLII; STERNA FUSCATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 7744228278     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/7529     Document Type: Article

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