Post-breeding prospecting trips of adult Sandwich Terns Thalasseus sandvicensis
Fijn, R.C.; Wolf, P.; Courtens, W.; Verstraete, H.; Stienen, E.W.M.; Iliszko, L.; Poot, M.J.M. (2014). Post-breeding prospecting trips of adult Sandwich Terns Thalasseus sandvicensis. Bird Study 61(4): 566-571. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00063657.2014.950942
In: Bird Study. British Trust for Ornithology: Oxford. ISSN 0006-3657; e-ISSN 1944-6705, more
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Sterna sandvicensis Latham, 1787 [WoRMS]
Marine/Coastal |
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- Stienen, E.W.M., more
- Iliszko, L.
- Poot, M.J.M., more
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| Abstract |
Capsule Multiple tracking methods (colour-rings, plumage-markings and GPS-loggers) revealed that adult Sandwich Terns Thalasseus sandvicensis from the Netherlands showed prospecting behaviour in other colonies within Northwest Europe. Birds were recorded from a few kilometres to over 850 km away and in different countries around the Southern North Sea. Our data suggest large-scale connectivity between Northwest European Sandwich Tern colonies. Such connectivity is potentially of great importance when modelling the population structure of this species." |
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