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Anon. 2007. Alarm-call for China's rarest bird. Suara Enggang 15(5): 2-3.
Anon. 2007. Notes from the Chinese Crested Tern Working Group meeting in Taiwan. Pacific Seabirds 34(2): 47.
Anon. 2013. Training workshop for restoration of Chinese Crested tern in Xiangshan, Zhejiang. Hong Kong Bird Watching Society Bulletin 228: 12.
Anon. 2014. A big comeback for Chinese Crested Terns in the Jiushan Islands, China. World Birdwatch 36(3): 8.
Bai, Q.; Chen, J.; Chen, Z.; Dong, G.; Dong, J.; Dong, W.; Fu, V.W.K.; Han, Y.; Lu, G.; Li, J.; Liu, Y.; Lin, Z.; Meng, D.; Martinez, J.; Ni, G.; Shan, K.; Sun, R.; Tian, S.; Wang, F.; Xu, Z.; Yu, Y.; Yang, J.; Yang, Z.; Zhang, L.; Zhang, M.; Zeng, X.; Chinese Coastal Waterbird Census Group. 2015. Identification of coastal wetlands of international importance for waterbirds: a review of China Coastal Waterbird Surveys 2005–2013. Avian Research 6(12): 1-16.
BirdLife International. 2001. Threatened birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
BirdLife International. 2009. Fujian Birdwatchers take Chinese Crested Tern message to schools. Available at: http://www.oiseaux.net/oiseaux//paradisier.de.raggi.html#http://www.oiseaux.net/oiseaux//paradisier.de.raggi.html#.
BirdLife International. 2013. China’s rarest seabird benefits from colony restoration. Available at: http://www.birdlife.org/asia/news/china%E2%80%99s-rarest-seabird-benefits-colony-restoration. (Accessed: 15/10/2013).
Candido, E. P. M. 2006. Chinese Crested Tern: observation on juveniles in the Matsu Archipelago of Taiwan. BirdingASIA 6: 34-35.
Chan, S. 2014. Conservation of the Critically Endangered Chinese Crested Tern Sterna bernsteini: Restoration of a Lost Breeding Colony - Preventing Extinctions Programme Final Report. BirdLife International.
Chan, S.; Chen S.; Hsiao-wei, Y. 2010. International Single Species Action Plan for the conservation of the Chinese Crested Tern (Sterna bernsteini). BirdLife International Asia Division & CMS Secretariat, Tokyo & Bonn, Germany.
Chang, S.; Wang, D. 2008. Status of the highly endangered Chinese Crested Tern in the Matzu Archipelago of Taiwan. Abstracts, 35th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Seabird Group, Blaine, Washington, 27 Feb - 2 Mar 2008, pp. 54. Little River, CA, USA, Pacific Seabird Group.
Chen, L.; He, F. 2011. Are they hybrids of Sterna bergii x Sterna bernsteini? Chinese Birds 2(3): 152-156.
Chen, S., Fan, Z., Roby, D.D., Lu, Y., Chen, C., Huang, Q., Cheng, L. and Zhu, J. 2015. Human harvest, climate change and their synergistic effects drove the Chinese Crested Tern to the brink of extinction. Global Ecology and Conservation 4: 137-145.
Chen, S.; Chang, S.; Liu, Y.; Chan, S.; Fan, Z.; Chen, C.; Yen, C.; Guo, D. 2009. A small population and severe threats: status of the Critically Endangered Chinese Crested Tern Sterna bernsteini. Oryx 43(2): 209-212.
Chen, S.; Fan, Z. 2013. The Chinese Crested Tern (Thalasseus bernsteini). Chinese Journal of Zoology 48(5): 788-789.
Chen, S.; Fan, Z.; Chen, C.; Lu, Y. 2011. The Breeding Biology of Chinese Crested Terns in Mixed Species Colonies in Eastern China. Bird Conservation International 21 (3): 266–273.
Chen, S.; Fan, Z.; Chen, C.; Lu, Y.; Wang, Z. 2010. A new breeding site of the Critically Endangered Chinese Crested Tern Sterna bernsteini in the Wuzhishan Archipelago, eastern China. Forktail 26: 132-134.
Chen, S.; Yan, C.; Fan, Z.; Chen, C.; Zhang, F. 2005. The Breeding Colony of Chinese Crested Tern at Jiushan Archipelago in Zhejiang. Chinese Journal of Zoology 40(1): 96-97.
Chen, S.; Zhang, S.; Yang, L.; Chan, S.; Fan, Z.; Chen, C.; Yen, C.; Guo, D. 2009. A small population and severe threats: status of the Critically Endangered Chinese Crested Tern Sterna bernsteini. Oryx 43(2): 209-212.
Cheung, F. 2010. Action for the Critical Endangered Chinese Crested Tern. Hong Kong Bird Watching Society Bulletin: 12-13.
Fan, Z.; Chen, C.; Chen, S.; Chan, S.; Lu, Y. 2011. Breeding seabirds along the Zhejiang coast: diversity, distribution and Conservation. Chinese Birds 4(1): 39-45.
Gill, V. 2010. Committee Reports: Chinese Crested Tern Working Group. Pacific Seabirds 37(1): 19.
Hurrell, S. 2015. Brave efforts pay off in doubly-successful project to restore colonies of Chinese Crested Tern. BirdLife International. Available at: http://www.birdlife.org/asia/news/brave-efforts-pay-doubly-successful-project-restore-colonies-chinese-crested-tern. (Accessed: 26/08/2015).
Liu, Y.; Guo, D.; Zhang, E.; Cai, B. 2009. Regional extirpation of the Critically Endangered Chinese Crested Tern (Thalasseus bernsteini) from the Shandong Coast, China? Waterbirds 32(4): 597-599.
Robson, C. 2011. A wintering Chinese Crested Tern Sterna bernsteini in eastern Indonesia. BirdingASIA 15: 51.
Zhang, K.; Yu, X.; Gan, X.; Melville, D.S. 2004. Chinese Crested Tern at Chongming Dao, Shanghai, China. BirdingASIA: 66.
Zhao, D.Z., Zhao, L., Zhang, F.S. and Zhang, X.Y. 2004. Temporal occurrence and spatial distribution of red tide events in China's coastal waters. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment 10(5): 945-957.
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