Little Tern (Sterna antillarum) Science Article 1 abstract Playback experiments performed in a colony of Least Terns near Fort Macon, North Carolina, demonstrated that adults can distinguish the call of their mate from that of a stranger. Sonagram analysis of the ‘Purrit-tit-tit’ call, the most common vocalization used when an adult approaches its mate, revealed […]
Individual auditory recognition in the least tern (Sterna albifrons)
Little Tern (Sterna antillarum) Science Article 1 abstract Playback experiments performed in a colony of Least Terns near Fort Macon, North Carolina, demonstrated that adults can distinguish the call of their mate from that of a stranger. Sonagram analysis of the ‘Purrit-tit-tit’ call, the most common vocalization used when an adult approaches its mate, revealed […]
Habitat selection and nesting association in four species of Charadriiformes in the PoDelta (Italy).
Little Tern (Sterna antillarum) Science Article 2 abstract Colony, nest site selection and interspecific associations of four breeding Charadriiformes werestudied in the Po Delta, Italy, in 1991. Physical characteristics (such as length, size, distance from mainlandand other islands, occurrence of small dunes, etc.) of eighteen islands and two peninsulas were considered;random points were selected on […]
Radio telemetry as a tool for impact assessment of wind farms: the case of Little Terns Sterna albifrons at Scroby Sands, Norfolk, UK
Little Tern (Sterna antillarum) Science Article 4 abstract Many seabirds travel widely to exploit variably distributed prey resources, utilizing even profitable patches only briefly as prey become available. Assessing the relative importance of areas occupied by wind farms relies on sufficient survey effort to increase the probability of detection and later assessment to an acceptable […]
Radio telemetry as a tool for impact assessment of wind farms: the case of Little Terns Sterna albifrons at Scroby Sands, Norfolk, UK
Little Tern (Sterna antillarum) Science Article 4 abstract Many seabirds travel widely to exploit variably distributed prey resources, utilizing even profitable patches only briefly as prey become available. Assessing the relative importance of areas occupied by wind farms relies on sufficient survey effort to increase the probability of detection and later assessment to an acceptable […]
Influence of migratory behaviour on the morphology and breeding biology of Puffinus Shearwaters
Little Shearwater (Puffinus assimilis) Science Article 1 abstract Ecological, life-history, breeding biology and morphologic data were collected for 18 shearwater species Puffinus spp., and the relationships between these parameters and migratory behaviour were investigated. Intraspecific variation in relative wing length was associated with differences in migratory behaviour of the Little Shearwater Puffinus assimilis populations, but […]
Influence of migratory behaviour on the morphology and breeding biology of Puffinus Shearwaters
Little Shearwater (Puffinus assimilis) Science Article 1 abstract Ecological, life-history, breeding biology and morphologic data were collected for 18 shearwater species Puffinus spp., and the relationships between these parameters and migratory behaviour were investigated. Intraspecific variation in relative wing length was associated with differences in migratory behaviour of the Little Shearwater Puffinus assimilis populations, but […]
Do northern lapwings Vanellus vanellus and little ringed ploversCharadrius dubius rely on egg crypsis during incubation?
Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius) Science Article 1 abstract We studied the possible role of clutch crypsis in antipredator behaviour in tworelated species of ground-nesting waders with camouflaged eggs, the northern lapwing (Vanellusvanellus) and the little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius). We examined whether this behaviourappears regularly in both species and tested the difference in the […]
Do northern lapwings Vanellus vanellus and little ringed ploversCharadrius dubius rely on egg crypsis during incubation?
Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius) Science Article 1 abstract We studied the possible role of clutch crypsis in antipredator behaviour in tworelated species of ground-nesting waders with camouflaged eggs, the northern lapwing (Vanellusvanellus) and the little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius). We examined whether this behaviourappears regularly in both species and tested the difference in the […]
Provision of nest cages to reduce little ringed plover Charadrius dubius nest predation at Welney, Norfolk, England
Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius) Science Article 2 abstract At a site in eastern England, wire mesh cages were placed over little ringed plover Charadrius dubiusnests to protect their eggs from predation. The adult birds continued incubating their eggs and no nestdesertions were attributed to cage placement. Protection with cages resulted in an increase inproductivity, […]