Sooty Tern (Sterna fuscata) Science Article 1 abstract We measured the energy budgets of chicks of the Common Tern (Sterna hitundo) on Great Gull Island, New York and of the Sooty Tern (S. fuscata) on the Dry Tortugas, Florida. The respiratory energy requirement was determined by measuring oxygen consumption in a closed system. We calculated […]
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Climatological Effects On The Breeding Of Terns
Sooty Tern (Sterna fuscata) Science Article 6 abstract The physical circulation in the Western Indian Ocean controls the supply of nutrients, and this, combined with the stability of the surface layer and the availability of sunlight controls the primary production. In this note, we review two papers’ findings on how the physical conditions ultimately impact […]
Sexing sooty terns on Ascension Island frommorphometricmeasurements
Sooty Tern (Sterna fuscata) Science Article 9 abstract Sooty terns Onychoprion fuscata are one of the most abundant seabirds but breeding populations in many colonies have diminished. Rapid sexing of sooty terns in the field could be crucial in advancing our understanding of their reproductive biology, and in promoting conservation. However, sooty tern males and […]
Egg specific gravity and incubation in the Sooty Tern and Brown Noddy.
Sooty Tern (Sterna fuscata) Science Article 11 abstract Flotation characteristics of birds’ eggs are commonly used to estimate their age. Schreiber (1970) and Hays and LeCroy (1971) have recently attempted to quantify the relationship between the appearance (degree of emergence and position) larid eggs placed in water and the age of the eggs. Westerskov (1950) […]
Oxygen Consumption and Organ Growth in Sooty Tern (Sterna Fuscata) Embryos
Sooty Tern (Sterna fuscata) Science Article 2 abstract A previous report (Zhang and Whittow 1992) described the patterns of embryonic oxygen consumption and organ growth in the Wedge-tailed Shearwater (Puffinusp acificusI)n. the presents tudy, similar data were obtained for the Sooty Tern. There are some similaritiesb etween the eggso f the two species. The sequence […]
Incubation capacity and clutch size determinationin two calidrine sandpipers: a test of the four-egg threshold
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) Science Article 3 abstract Several groups of vertebrate taxa, including shorebirds, are unusual in that they produce a x number of offspring. The aim of this study was to examine whether the incubation capacity of western sandpipers (Calidris mauri) and semipalmated sandpipers (C. pusilla) limits their maximum clutch size to four […]
Body mass and acquisition of breeding plumage of wintering Calidris pusilla in the coast of Pernambuco, north-eastern Brazil.
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) Science Article 4 abstract No abstract Fedrizzi, C.E., S.M. de Azevedo Jr, and M.E.L. de Larrazabal, Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 21:249-252. Download article download full text (pdf)
Site Safety and Food Affect Movements of Semipalmated Sandpipers(Calidris pusilla) Migrating Through the Upper Bay of Fundy
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) Science Article 2 abstract The upper Bay of Fundy is a critical stopover site for Semipalmated Sandpipers (Calidrispusilla) during their fall migration. However, little is known about factors that influence selection of feeding and roosting sites by these birds, or the extent to which birds move between different sites during their […]
The structure of aerial displays in three species of calidridinae (scolopacidae)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) Science Article 1 abstract Sandpipers in the subfamily Calidridinae (Scolopacidae) breed in the Arctic and Subarctic. In all species, unpaired males engage in distinctive aerial displays. Such displays are described for three species: Dunlin (Calidris alpina L.), Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla L.), and Stilt Sandpiper(Calidris himantopus Bonaparte). EDWARD H. MILLER, The […]
An inventory of Sooty Terns (Sterna fuscata) in the western Indian Oceanwith special reference to threats and trends
Sooty Tern (Sterna fuscata) Science Article 4 abstract The western Indian Ocean supports over 6 200 000 pairs of Sooty Terns, some in very large colonies. During the past twocenturies colonies have exhibited increase, stability, decline and extinction. The main drivers of these trends have beenhabitat change and unregulated human exploitation, especially of adults; introduced […]