Historic populations of the double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus): Implications for conservation and management in the 21st century

Waterbirds

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-37

  Wires, Linda R ^a   Cuthbert, Francesca J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation vs. management plans; Current abundance; Distribution; Double crested Cormorant; Historic populations

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BREEDING POPULATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; WATERFOWL;

NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX AURITUS;

EID: 33646067127     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2006)29[9:HPOTDC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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