Daily survival rate for nests and chicks of least terns (Sternula antillarum) at natural nest sites in South Carolina

Waterbirds

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-10

  Brooks, Gillian L ^a,c   Sanders, Felicia J ^b   Gerard, Patrick D ^a   Jodice, Patrick G R ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^c NRCS Sage Grouse Initiative   (United States)

Author keywords

chick survival; Least Tern; nest predation; nest success; South Carolina; Sternula antillarum

Indexed keywords

BEACH; BROOD DESERTION; FLEDGING; HATCHING; NEST; NEST PREDATION; NEST SITE; NESTING SUCCESS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL;

SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

STERNA ANTILLARUM;

EID: 84876229896     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/063.036.0101     Document Type: Article

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