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Energy Partitioning in Arctic Tern Chicks (Sterna paradisaea) and Possible Metabolic Adaptations in high Latitude Chicks

open access: yes, 1989
Energy Partitioning in Arctic Tern Chicks (Sterna paradisaea) and Possible Metabolic Adaptations in high Latitude ...
Marcel Klaassen (13083138)   +3 more
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Niche partitioning of Common terns (Sterna hirundo), Arctic terns (Sterna paradisaea), and Atlantic Puffins (Fratercula arctica) in the Gulf of Maine, USA.

open access: yes, 2023
The Gulf of Maine is a temperate semi-enclosed ecosystem characterized by high productivity and serving as an important seasonal foraging and breeding area for nesting seabirds, migratory fish, and marine mammals (Yakola et al., 2021). Seabirds provide a
Saadatzadeh, Roxanna
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Data_Sheet_1_Foraging Behaviours of Breeding Arctic Terns Sterna paradisaea and the Impact of Local Weather and Fisheries.pdf

open access: yes, 2022
During the breeding season, seabirds are central place foragers and in order to successfully rear chicks they must adjust their foraging behaviours to compensate for extrinsic factors.
Lee Collins (11982149)   +9 more
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A new, puzzling, American route of the Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea, and its implications

open access: yes, 1994
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
Villaseñor Gómez, J. Fernando‏ (José Fernando)‏   +1 more
openaire   +1 more source

Image_4_Foraging Behaviours of Breeding Arctic Terns Sterna paradisaea and the Impact of Local Weather and Fisheries.JPEG

open access: yes, 2022
During the breeding season, seabirds are central place foragers and in order to successfully rear chicks they must adjust their foraging behaviours to compensate for extrinsic factors.
Lee Collins (11982149)   +9 more
core   +1 more source

The biology and conservation of the Damara Tern in Namibia

open access: yes, 2011
The globally Near-threatened Damara Tern Sterna balaenarum is little known and faces several conservation issues. The aim of this study was to provide a description of the ecology and numbers of the species and discuss conservation management plans that ...
Braby, Justine
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Cover Image

open access: yesEcosphere, Volume 16, Issue 11, November 2025.
COVER PHOTO: Rapid ocean warming in the Gulf of Maine drives shifts in the availability of preferred seabird prey, including herring (Clupea spp. or Alosa spp.) and hake (Urophycis spp.). Some terns in this region will provision their chicks with terrestrial insects when marine resources become scarce. Gownaris et al.
wiley   +1 more source

Incubation behavior of the arctic tern Sterna paradisaea in extreme conditions of northern tundra [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Short breeding period and harsh climatic conditions are major limiting factors to which birds have to adapt in northern tundra regions. Despite this fact, dozen species of birds annually migrate into these regions to increase their chances to breed ...
Hromádková, Tereza
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Persistent pollutants in fresh and abandoned eggs of Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) and Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) in Ireland

open access: yes
Higher levels of persistent pollutants (Σ16PCB, Σ6PBDE, ΣHCH, ΣDDT, ΣCHL) were detected in fresh eggs of Common Terns Sterna hirundo from Rockabill Island near Dublin (Ireland's industrialised capital city) compared to Common and Arctic Terns S ...
Newton, Stephen   +14 more
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