Moving to Venice and settling there: a synthesis on the biology of Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis) in the largest Mediterranean wetland during the 1995-2023 years

Authors :: Francesco Scarton
Roberto Valle
Source :: Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia - Research in Ornithology, Vol 94, Iss 2 (2024)
Publication Year :: 2024
Publisher :: PAGEPress Publications, 2024.
Abstract: In 1995, the first colony of Thalasseus sandvicensis settled in a saltmarsh islet in the Lagoon of Venice, NE Italy. The number of nesting pairs rose from 202 (1995) pairs to 3503 (2023), with the arrival of immigrants peaking in 2014 (+887 pairs) and 2023 (+1884). From 1995 to 2023, the number of breeding pairs showed a moderate increase (p

Subjects :: Climate change
coloniality
dredge islands
Laridae
population trend
saltmarshes
Zoology
QL1-991

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