Effects of a rabbit on nesting common terns
Reproductive biology of common terns (Sterna hirundo) was studied at an insular breakwater site at Port Colborne, Ontario in 1976 and 1977. The unusual occurrence of an eastern cottontail rabbit (Sylvilagus floridanus) in the ternery in 1977 disrupted nesting activity and nocturnal incubation attent...
Published in: | Canadian Journal of Zoology |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Canadian Science Publishing
1979
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z79-318 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z79-318 |