Distribution and Abundance of Nesting Pairs of Herring Gulls (Larus argentatus) on the North American Great Lakes, 1976 to 2000

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 400-426

  Morris, Ralph D ^a   Weseloh, D Vaughn ^b   Shutt, J Laird ^c  

^a Environment Canada ^*  (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Great Lakes; Herring gulls; Larus argentatus; Population numbers

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; LAKES; POPULATION STATISTICS;

WILDLIFE;

ECOLOGY;

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; BREEDING POPULATION; CENSUS; COLONIAL BREEDING; SEABIRD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

GREAT LAKES; NORTH AMERICA;

CLUPEA HARENGUS; LARUS ARGENTATUS;

EID: 0142040808     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(03)70447-X     Document Type: Article

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