Nest disturbance techniques to control nesting by gulls

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 269-273

  Ickes, Sheri K ^a,b,d   Belant, Jerrold L ^a,c,e,f,g   Dolbeer, Richard A ^a,f,h,i,j  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Denali National Park and Preserve ^*

^c Denali National Park and Preserve   (United States)

^d BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e US National Park Service   (United States)

^f US National Park Service   (United States)

^g University of Tennessee   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

ⁱ Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery

^j Kansas State University

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Author keywords

Harassment; Herring gull; Larus argentatus; Larus delawarensis; Nest disturbance; Ring billed gull; Urban nesting; Wildlife damage management

Indexed keywords

BIRD; NEST SITE; PEST CONTROL; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; URBAN AREA; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

UNITED STATES;

LARUS ARGENTATUS; LARUS DELAWARENSIS;

EID: 0031761331     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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