Population size and winter distribution of eastern American oystercatchers

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1538-1545

  Brown, Stephen C ^a   Schulte, Shiloh ^b   Harrington, Brian ^a   Winn, Brad ^c   Bart, Jonathan ^d   Howe, Marshall ^e  

^a Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Georgia Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

^d FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial survey; American oystercatcher; Atlantic Coast; Gulf Coast; Haematopus palliatus palliatus; Shorebird survey; U.S. Shorebird Conservation Plan

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; OVERWINTERING; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WADER;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; GULF COAST [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; HAEMATOPUS PALLIATUS; HAEMATOPUS PALLIATUS PALLIATUS; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 20444404494     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2005)69[1538:PSAWDO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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