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Does culling of predatory gulls enhance the productivity of breeding common terns?

Based on: Guillemette M. & Brousseau P. (2001)

Study Link 		2001 1

A control taste aversion experiment on predators of roseate tern (Sterna dougallii) eggs

Based on: Neves V.C., Panagiotakopoulos S. & Furness R.W. (2006)

Study Link 		2006 1

Attraction of little terns to artificial roof-top breeding sites and their breeding success

Based on: Hayashi E., Hayakawa M., Satou T. & Masuda N. (2002)

Study Link 		2002 2

Black rat Rattus rattus eradication by trapping allows recovery of breeding roseate tern Sterna dougallii and common tern S.hirundo populations on Feno Islet, the Azores, Portugal

Based on: Amaral J., Almeida S., Sequeira M. & Neves V. (2010)

Study Link 		2010 1

Attracting endangered species to 'safe' habitats: responses of fairy terns to decoys

Based on: Jeffries D.S. & Brunton D.H. (2001)

Study Link 		2001 2

Management efforts for the conservation of common tern Sterna hirundo colonies in the Great Lakes: two case histories

Based on: Morris R.D., Blokpoel H. & Tessier G.D. (1992)

Study Link 		1992 5

Signage reduces the impact of human disturbance on little tern nesting success in Portugal

Based on: Medeiros R., Ramos J.A., Paiva V.H., Almeida A., Pedro P. & Antunes S. (2007)

Study Link 		2007 1

The use of decoys to attract least terns (Sterna antillarum) to abandoned colony sites in New Jersey

Based on: Kotliar N.B. & Burger J. (1984)

Study Link 		1984 1

Effectiveness of disturbance methods and egg removal to deter large gulls Larus spp. from competing with nesting terns Sterna spp. on Coquet Island RSPB reserve, Northumberland, England

Based on: Booth V. & Morrison P. (2010)

Study Link 		2010 1

Nest boxes for roseate terns Sterna dougallii on Coquet Island RSPB reserve, Northumberland, England

Based on: Morrison P. & Gurney M. (2007)

Study Link 		2007 1

Successful restoration of the Ice Island common tern colony requires on-going control of ring-billed gulls

Based on: Blokpoel H., Tessier G.D. & Andress R.A. (1997)

Study Link 		1997 2

Effect of experimental manipulation of vegetation density on nest-site selection in sooty terns

Based on: Saliva J.E. & Burger J. (1989)

Study Link 		1989 1

Electric fencing to protect sandwich terns against foxes

Based on: Forster J.A. (1975)

Study Link 		1975 1

Aversive conditioning to reduce raven predation on California least tern eggs

Based on: Avery M.L., Pavelka M.A., Bergman D.L., Decker D.G., Knittle C.E. & Linz G.M. (1995)

Study Link 		1995 1

Nesting rafts as a management tool for a declining common tern (Sterna hirundo) colony

Based on: Dunlop C.L., Blokpoel H. & Jarvie S. (1991)

Study Link 		1991 2

Preventing fox predation at a least tern colony with an electric fence

Based on: Minsky D. (1980)

Study Link 		1980 1

The effectiveness of different methods to deter large gulls Larus spp. from competing with nesting terns Sterna spp. on Coquet Island RSPB reserve, Northumberland, England

Based on: Morrison P. & Allcorn R.I. (2006)

Study Link 		2006 1

Caspian terns (Sterna caspia) breed successfully on a nesting raft

Based on: Lampman K., Taylor M. & Blokpoel H. (1996)

Study Link 		1996 3

Survival of least tern chicks hatched on gravel-covered roofs in north Texas

Based on: Butcher J.A., Neill R.L. & Boylan J.T. (2007)

Study Link 		2007 1

Methods used to improve least tern and snowy plover nesting success on alkaline flats

Based on: Koenen M.T., Utych R.B. & Leslie D.M. Jr. (1996)

Study Link 		1996 2

Chick shelters decrease avian predation in least tern colonies on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts

Based on: Jenks-Jay N. (1982)

Study Link 		1982 1

Cats and seabirds: effects of feral domestic cat Felis silvestris catus eradication on the population of sooty terns Onychoprion fuscata on Ascension Island, South Atlantic

Based on: Hughes B.J., Martin G.M. & Reynolds S.J. (2008)

Study Link 		2008 1

Failure of methiocarb to produce conditioned taste aversion in carrion crows consuming little tern eggs

Based on: Catry T. & Granadeiro J.P. (2006)

Study Link 		2006 1

Impacts of vegetative manipulations on common tern nest success at Lime Island, Michigan

Based on: Cook-Haley B.S. & Millenbah K.F. (2002)

Study Link 		2002 0

Effects of predation and food provisioning on black tern chick survival

Based on: Heath S.R. & Servello F.A. (2008)

Study Link 		2008 2
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