Population trends of nesting Glaucous-winged Gulls, Larus glaucescens, in the southern Strait of Georgia, British Columbia

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 603-606

  Sullivan, Terry M ^a   Hazlitt, Stephanie L ^b,c   Lemon, Moira J F ^d  

^a Bird Studies Canada ^*  (Canada)

^b Bird Studies Canada   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Declines; Disturbance; Glaucous winged Gulls; Larus glaucescens

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; NESTING; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEABIRD;

CANADA;

CICONIIFORMES; HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS; LARUS GLAUCESCENS;

EID: 0038532239     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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