Management opportunities and techniques for roof- and ground-nesting black skimmers

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 342-348

  Coburn, L M ^a   Cobb, D T ^a   Gore, J A ^a  

^a FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Black skimmer; Charadriiformes; Disturbance; Habitat management; Nesting; Population dynamics; Reproduction; Rynchops niger; Seabirds

Indexed keywords

COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; NESTING SUCCESS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD;

RYNCHOPS NIGER;

EID: 0035053517     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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