Redistribution and growth of the Caspian Tern population in the Pacific Coast region of north America, 1981-2000

Condor

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 777-790

  Suryan, Robert M ^a   Craig, David P ^a,d   Roby, Daniel D ^a   Chelgren, Nathan D ^a   Collis, Ken ^b,e   Shuford, W David ^c   Lyons, Donald E ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Oregon State University ^*  (United States)

^c PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

^d WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Real Time Research Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic effects; Caspian Tern; Population size; Range expansion; Redistribution; Sterna caspia; Survival rates

Indexed keywords

AVES; LARIDAE; STERNA; STERNA CASPIA;

EID: 7744239950     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/7508     Document Type: Article

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