Predator removal and nesting waterbird success at San Francisco Bay, California

Waterbirds

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 250-255

  Meckstroth, Anne M ^a   Miles, A Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Mephitis mephitis; Nest success; Predation; Predator control; San Francisco Bay; Striped Skunk; Urban; Waterbirds

Indexed keywords

BIRD; NEST PREDATION; NESTING SUCCESS; PREDATOR CONTROL;

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

CARNIVORA; FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA; MEPHITIDAE; MEPHITIS MEPHITIS;

EID: 23744494722     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2005)028[0250:PRANWS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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