Dietary segregation between breeding tern species on the Persian Gulf islands, Iran

• Main Authors: Tayefeh, Farhad Hosseini, Hussin, Mohamed Zakaria, Amini, Hamid, Mohammadnejad, Jamshid, Darvishi, Khosro, Karami, Sirous
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: The Waterbird Society 2014
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37102/1/Dietary%20segregation%20between%20breeding%20tern%20species%20on%20the%20Persian%20Gulf%20islands.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37102/; http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1675/063.037.0309

The dietary compositions of the three most abundant tern species breeding on Nakhilu and Omol-Karam Islands in the Persian Gulf were investigated to determine the dietary segregation between sympatric breeders. Chick dietary samples were collected from Bridled Tern (Sterna anaethetus), Lesser Creste...