Barges as temporary breeding sites for Caspian terns: Assessing potential sites for colony restoration

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1140-1149

  Collis, Ken ^a   Roby, Daniel D ^b   Thompson, Christopher W ^c   Lyons, Donald E ^b   Tirhi, Michelle ^c  

^a Real Time Research Inc   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caspian tern; Commencement Bay; Conservation; Nesting barge; Predation; Salmonids; Sterna caspia

Indexed keywords

COLONY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DIET; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SALMONID; SEABIRD; TRANSLOCATION;

UNITED STATES;

LARIDAE; LARUS GLAUCESCENS; ONCORHYNCHUS; PISCES; SALMONIDAE; STERNA CASPIA;

EID: 0036977717     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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