Forster's Tern, Caspian Tern, and California Gull colonies in San Francisco Bay: Habitat use, numbers and trends, 1982-2003

Waterbirds

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 411-423

  Strong, Cheryl M ^a   Spear, Larry B ^b   Ryan, Thomas P ^a,c   Dakin, Robin E ^a  

^a San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory   (United States)

^b H T HARVEY AND ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c Keane Biological Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding larids; California Gull; Caspian Tern; Colony site fidelity; Forster's Tern; Larus californicus; Nesting habitat; San Francisco Bay estuary; Sterna caspica; Sterna forsteri

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HABITAT RESTORATION; HABITAT USE; NEST SITE; POPULATION SIZE; SEABIRD; SITE FIDELITY; TREND ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; LARIDAE; LARUS CALIFORNICUS; MAMMALIA; STERNA; STERNA CASPIA; STERNA FORSTERI;

EID: 13644280056     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2004)027[0411:FTCTAC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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