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Usurpation and Brooding of Least Tern (Sternula antillarum) Chicks by Common Terns (Sterna hirundo)
Diversity, 2023 While nest usurpation and subsequent incubation of eggs and even brooding of chicks from other species has been reported for Common Terns (Sterna hirundo), such behavior is considered rare.
Jeffery D. Sullivan +8 more
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Egg Characteristics of Female Common Terns Are Repeatable, and Vary With Maternal Age and Laying Order [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionAvian eggs exhibit striking variability in size, shape, colour, and maculation, not only among but also within species. Technical and analytical advances in image analysis offer the opportunity to understand the factors underpinning this variability ...
Coraline Bichet +4 more
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Facilitative interspecific interactions in marine vertebrates across scales: from individuals to ecosystems. [PDF]
Biol Rev Camb Philos SocABSTRACT Facilitative interspecific interactions (FIIs) confer benefits to at least one participant without detriment to others. Although often less emphasised than antagonistic interactions in ecological studies, this review highlights the significant ecological role of FIIs across biological scales – from individual behaviours to population ...
Vontobel ED +5 more
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High genetic diversity yet weak population genetic structure in European common terns [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThe common tern (Sterna hirundo) is a migratory seabird experiencing a decline in breeding pairs across several European populations due to various threats, including habitat destruction and human disturbance.
Veronika Lončar +17 more
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Best practice guidance for recreational and professional drones near colonial breeding birds. [PDF]
PLoS ONEDrone use has increased sharply worldwide over the past decade, leading to more frequent interactions with wildlife. The rapid advancement of drones for ecological monitoring and research has further contributed to these encounters, which may disturb ...
Estefania Velilla +9 more
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Sex-specific changes in autosomal methylation rate in ageing common terns
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Senescence, an age-related decline in survival and/or reproductive performance, occurs in species across the tree of life. Molecular mechanisms underlying this within-individual phenomenon are still largely unknown, but DNA methylation changes with age ...
Britta S. Meyer +17 more
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INCIDENCE OF RESIDENT AND MIGRATORY BIRD SPECIES COLLECTED FROM BURULLUS PROTECTED AREA IN KAFR EL-SHEIKH GOVERNORATE. [PDF]
Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology, 2009 Resident and visitor bird species were collected from Burullus protected area in Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate during two successive years 2007/2008. Data revealed that 24 bird species in 17 families and 10 orders were recorded during the survey.
M. Mortada, A. Soliman
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Ekológia (Bratislava), 2021 We present the first detailed study of population dynamics, breeding biology and egg measurement of Common Terns. During six years (from 2004 to 2009) of monitoring, from mid-May to mid-August, 74 Common Terns individual were recorded at Laouinet small ...
Khemis Mohamed Dhaya El-Hak +5 more
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Sterna - Oblique Ornithologies [PDF]
This was an exhibition of work by Mike Collier, William Colwell, Ken Grant and Jennie Spiers Grant, who also curated the show. Spiers Grant wrote about the exhibition 'The oblique ornithology of the title reflects an unorthodox view of the study of ...
Collier, Mike
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, 2021 Sterna hirundo Linnaeus, 1758 Common tern—Gaviotín boreal Quadraceps sellatus sellatus (Burmeister, 1838) Saemundssonia (Saemundssonia) sternae (Linnaeus, 1758)Published as part of Gonza ́ Lez-Acun, Daniel A. & Palma, Ricardo L., 2021, An annotated
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