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Titre :	Breeding rafts for Common Terns Sterna hirundo
Auteurs :	Peter Dienemann, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Vogelwelt (Die) (119(3-5) 1998)
Article en page(s) :	251-252
Résumé :	Floating artificial islands constructed from variable numbers of triangular elements ('Aquatreat Schwimmkampen', Bestmann GmbH, Wedel) constitute an adequate nesting substrate for breeding Common Terns in areas where undisturbed natural nesting substrates are missing or have been destroyed. With this system it is possible to create floating gravel areas of variable sizes, which are especially suitable for Common Terns and which are often accepted in the year immediately after installation. In many areas where such rafts were installed over the past 10 years Common Terns have had good nesting success.

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