Subtropical Roseate Terns (Sterna dougallii) of Santa Maria (Azores) deliver more appropriate sized prey to their chicks than Common Terns (Sterna hirundo)

Artigo a publicar na revista Airo We compared chick food provisioning between Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii) and Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) on Vila, an islet offshore Santa Maria Island (36.9ºN, 25ºW), Azores in 1996. Twelve nests of each species were fenced and prey deliveries to chicks of both...

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Main Authors: Pereira, José C., Ramos, Jaime A.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10316/12438