Palmer on Behavior of Common Terns A Behavior Study of the Common Tern (Sterna hirundo hirundo L.) Ralph S. Palmer

The Auk ◽  
1942 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 128-128
Author(s):  
David E. Davis
Keyword(s):  
Common Tern ◽  
Sterna Hirundo ◽  
Common Terns ◽  
Behavior Study ◽  
The Common

scholarly journals A Behavior Study of the Common Tern (Sterna hirundo hirundo L.)

Bird-Banding ◽  
1942 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 52
Author(s):  
Margaret M. Nice ◽  
Ralph S. Palmer
Keyword(s):  
Common Tern ◽  
Sterna Hirundo ◽  
Behavior Study ◽  
The Common

Shell thickness, DDE levels in eggs, and reproductive success in common terns (Sterna hirundo), in Alberta

1971 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce Switzer ◽  
Victor Lewin ◽  
Fred H. Wolfe
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Success ◽  
Shell Thickness ◽  
Avian Species ◽  
Common Tern ◽  
Sterna Hirundo ◽  
Eggshell Thickness ◽  
Large Measure ◽  
Common Terns ◽  
The Common ◽  
Comprehensive Study

A comprehensive study of reproductive success of an isolated colony of common terns (Sterna hirundo) reveals that DDE, the principal chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide found in the terns, cannot be correlated to eggshell thickness. The low reproductive success observed was attributed in large measure to disappearance of eggs and nest abandonment, responsible for 76% of the failures, while cracked or broken eggs accounted for only 16%. It is suggested that the direct correlation of DDE to eggshell thickness, implicated in the reproductive failure of other avian species, may be an oversimplification in the case of the common tern.

Mothers under stress? Hatching sex ratio in relation to maternal baseline corticosterone in the common tern (Sterna hirundo)

2013 ◽  
Vol 199 (9) ◽  
pp. 799-805 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliane Riechert ◽  
Olivier Chastel ◽  
Peter H. Becker
Keyword(s):  
Sex Ratio ◽  
Common Tern ◽  
Sterna Hirundo ◽  
Baseline Corticosterone ◽  
The Common

Renal and Extrarenal Sodium Excretion in the Common Tern Sterna hirundo

1968 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 210-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maryanne Robinson Hughes
Keyword(s):  
Sodium Excretion ◽  
Common Tern ◽  
Sterna Hirundo ◽  
The Common

scholarly journals Floating rafts as breeding habitats for the Common tern, Sterna hirundo. Colonization patterns, abundance and reproductive success in Venice Lagoon

2018 ◽  
Vol 88 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesca Coccon ◽  
Stefano Borella ◽  
Nicola Simeoni ◽  
Stefano Malavasi
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Success ◽  
Breeding Population ◽  
Venice Lagoon ◽  
Reproductive Period ◽  
Common Tern ◽  
Sterna Hirundo ◽  
Breeding Sites ◽  
Common Terns ◽  
Colonization Patterns ◽  
Floating Rafts

The Venice lagoon hosts the 15% of the entire Italian breeding population of Common terns, Sterna hirundo, highlighting the great value of the area for this species. However, in the last 25 years, a substantial decline of Common terns has been detected in the Lagoon, which culminated in 2008. The main causes of this negative trend were the loss of salt marsh habitats, where terns typically breed in the Venice lagoon. This was due to the increase in the mean sea level and the greater frequency of high tides during the reproductive period with consequent flooding of their breeding sites; competition with yellowlegged gulls (Larus michahellis), predation and human disturbance. As a preliminary experimental approach to counter the depletion of the species and favour its recovery, we performed a habitat loss compensation project by setting up four floating rafts (3x2m), covered by two different types of substrate (sandy and vegetal substrate). This was to function as an artificial nesting site safe from flooding, positioned in a protected internal wetland area of the Venice lagoon, Valle Averto (Sourthern Lagoon). We studied the colonization patterns of the rafts and the reproductive success of Common tern breeding pairs during the 2014 and 2015 breeding seasons. We also investigated those environmental and structural variables that could favour the use of the rafts and the nesting success of the species. In both years, the rafts were successfully colonized and used by terns for nesting. Our results also indicated higher temperature, lower rainfall and greater distance from the shore as the main habitat factors favouring the occurrence and the reproductive success of the breeding pairs, while a windrow of dead plants was indicated as the preferred substrate for covering rafts in order to make them more attractive. The results provided some suggestions for successful restoration plans to be developed in similar lagoon areas.

Luxury in freshwater and stress at sea? The foraging of the Common Tern Sterna hirundo

Ibis ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 139 (2) ◽  
pp. 264-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. H. BECKER ◽  
D. FRANK ◽  
M. WAGENER
Keyword(s):  
Common Tern ◽  
Sterna Hirundo ◽  
The Common

Nest Site Selection by the Common Tern Sterna hirundo on Oneida Lake, New York

1982 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucia Liu Severinghaus
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Site Selection ◽  
Nest Site ◽  
Nest Site Selection ◽  
Common Tern ◽  
Sterna Hirundo ◽  
Oneida Lake ◽  
The Common

Individual Recognition by Auditory Cues in the Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)

Nature ◽  
1970 ◽  
Vol 226 (5245) ◽  
pp. 562-563 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. G. STEVENSON ◽  
R. E. HUTCHISON ◽  
J. B. HUTCHISON ◽  
B. C. R. BERTRAM ◽  
W. H. THORPE
Keyword(s):  
Individual Recognition ◽  
Common Tern ◽  
Sterna Hirundo ◽  
Auditory Cues ◽  
The Common
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