Possible causes for breading failure in common terns
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Mogelijke oorzaken van slecht broedsucces in de visdiefkolonie bij terneuzen. Stand van zaken en aanbevelingen - 2003
Context of the study
Since 1997 the Dutch Coastal and Marine institute (RIKZ) monitors the coastal breading birdsin the Delta area. One of these breading birds is the common tern. In 1994 the colony in Terneuzen was struck by serious signs of diseases, while colonies in the delta area remained healthy. The number of breading couples decreased strongly, and the
