Female Roseate Tern fledges a chick following the death of her mate during the incubation period

Waterbirds

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 552-555

  Spendelow, Jeffrey A ^a   Zingo, James M ^b  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Connecticut; Development; Falkner Island; Growth; Roseate Tern; Single parenting; Sterna dougallii; Uniparental care

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS; LARIDAE; STERNA DOUGALLII;

CHICK; DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH; ROSEATE TERN; UNIPARENTAL CARE;

USA, CONNECTICUT, FALKNER ISLAND;

EID: 9944265871     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1521609     Document Type: Article

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