Changes in nesting populations of colonial waterbirds in coastal North Carolina 1900-1995

Waterbirds

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 458-469

  Parnell, James F ^a   Golder, W Walker ^b   Shields, Mark A ^c   Quay, Thomas L ^d   Henson, Thomas M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b National Audubon Society   (United States)

^c Department of Sciences   (United States)

^d Nongame and Endangered Species Prog ^*  (United States)

^e Nongame and Endangered Species Prog   (United States)

Author keywords

Management; Nesting populations; North Carolina

Indexed keywords

ARDEA ALBA; ARDEIDAE; AVES; EGRETTA THULA; GELOCHELIDON NILOTICA; LARIDAE; SCOLOPACIDAE; STERNA ANTILLARUM;

CENSUS; COLONIAL BREEDING; NESTING POPULATION; POPULATION CHANGE; WATERBIRD;

USA, NORTH CAROLINA;

EID: 0031284420     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1521596     Document Type: Article

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