Prey capture success of sandwich terns sterna sandvicensis varies non-linearly with water transparency

Ibis

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 815-825

  Baptist, Martin J ^a   Leopold, Mardik F ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Diving; Feeding; Physiology; Seabirds

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BREEDING SEASON; CHLOROPHYLL A; DIVING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PREY CAPTURE; PROBABILITY; SEABIRD;

LARIDAE; STERNA SANDVICENSIS;

EID: 77956566727     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2010.01054.x     Document Type: Article

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