Reproductive success of the Black-crowned Night Heron at Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, California, 1990-2002

Waterbirds

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 112-125

  Hothem, Roger L ^a   Hatch, Daphne ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcatraz Island; Black crowned Night Heron; California; Larus occidentalis; Nycticorax nycticorax; Reproduction; Western Gull

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); HATCHING; POLLUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WADER;

ALCATRAZ; CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CORVUS CORAX; LARUS OCCIDENTALIS; NYCTICORAX NYCTICORAX; SCOLOPACIDAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 187;

EID: 1842665559     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2004)027[0112:RSOTBN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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