The ecology of an urban colony of common terns Sterna hirundo in Leith Docks, Scotland

The Imperial Dock Lock Special Protection Area (SPA) in Leith Docks on the Firth of Forth currently supports the largest common tern (Sterna hirundo) colony in Scotland. The nest site, a former lock wall in an operational port, was designated as an SPA for the species in 2004 but very little is know...

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Main Author: Jennings, Gemma
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Q Science (General)
QH Natural history
QH301 Biology
QL Zoology
Leith
Common tern
Sterna hirundo
Online Access:http://theses.gla.ac.uk/3910/
http://theses.gla.ac.uk/3910/1/2012JenningsPhD.pdf
https://eleanor.lib.gla.ac.uk/record=b2965660

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