Balancing predation and egg harvest in a colonial seabird: A simulation model

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 195, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 318-326

  Zador, Stephani G ^a   Piatt, John F ^b   Punt, André E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Egg harvest; Glacier Bay National Park; Glaucous winged gull; Individual based model; Larus glaucescens; Nest predation; Simulation model

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REGIONAL PLANNING;

EGG HARVEST; GLACIER BAY NATIONAL PARK; GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; LARUS GLAUCESCENS; NEST PREDATION; SIMULATION MODEL;

ECOLOGY;

EGG PRODUCTION; INCUBATION; NUMERICAL METHOD; PREDATION; SEABIRD; STOCHASTICITY;

ALASKA; GLACIER BAY NATIONAL PARK; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

LARUS GLAUCESCENS;

EID: 33646387446     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2005.11.002     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Ainley D.G., and Lewis T.J. The history of Farallon Island marine bird populations. Condor 76 4 (1974) 432-446
2. Brown K.M., and Morris R.D. Investigator disturbance, chick movement, and aggressive behavior in ring-billed gulls. Wilson Bull. 107 1 (1995) 140-152
3. Brown K.M., and Morris R.D. From tragedy to triumph: renesting in ring-billed gulls. Auk 113 1 (1996) 23-31
4. Burger J., and Gochfeld M. Predation and effects of humans on island-nesting seabirds. In: Nettleship D.N., Burger J., and Gochfeld M. (Eds). Seabirds on Islands: Threats, Case Studies, and Action Plans (1994), Birdlife International, Cambridge, UK 39-67
5. de Juana E. The status and conservation of seabirds in the Spanish Mediterranean. In: Croxall J.P., Evans P.G.H., and Schreiber R.W. (Eds). Status and Conservation of the World's Seabirds (1984), International Council for Bird Preservation, Cambridge, England 347-370
6. Erwin R.M., Allen D.H., and Jenkins D. Created versus natural coastal islands: Atlantic waterbird populations, habitat choices, and management implications. Estuaries 26 4A (2003) 949-955
7. Feare C.J. The exploitation of sooty tern eggs in the Seychelles. Biol. Conserv. 10 3 (1976) 169-181
8. Feare C.J., Gill E.L., Carty P., Carty H.E., and Ayrton V.J. Habitat use by Seychelles sooty tern Sterna fuscata and implications for colony management. Biol. Conserv. 81 (1997) 69-76
9. Gaston A.J., and Jones I.L. The Auks (1998), Oxford University Press, New York 349 pp
10. Good T.P., Ellis J.C., Annett C.A., and Pierotti R. Bounded hybrid superiority in an avian hybrid zone: effects of mate, diet, and habitat choice. Evolution 54 5 (2000) 1774-1783
11. Hand J.L. Human disturbance in western gull Larus occidentalis livens colonies and possible amplification by intraspecific predation. Biol. Conserv. 18 (1980) 59-63
12. Haynes A.M. Human exploitation of seabirds in Jamaica. Biol. Conserv. 41 2 (1987) 99-124
13. Hilborn R., and Walters C. Quantitative Fisheries Stock Assessment. Choice, Dynamics and Uncertainty (1992), Chapman & Hall, New York
14. Hothem R.L., and Hatch D. Reproductive success of the black-crowned night heron at Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, California, 1990-2002. Waterbirds 27 1 (2004) 112-125
15. Hunn E.S., Johnson D.R., Russell P.N., and Thornton T.F. Huna Tlingit traditional environmental knowledge, conservation, and the management of a "wilderness" park. Curr. Anthropol. 44 (2003) S79-S103
16. Ickes S.K., Belant J.L., and Dolbeer R.A. Nest disturbance techniques to control nesting by gulls. Wildl. Soc. Bull. 26 2 (1998) 269-273
17. Jensen A.L. Modelling the effect of cormorant predation on stocked walleye. Ecol. Model. 145 (2001) 123-127
18. Kitsen J.C. What limits the number of Titi (Puffinus griseus) harvested by Rakiura Maori?. Hum. Ecol. 30 4 (2002) 503-521
19. Patten Jr., S., 1974. Breeding ecolony of the glaucous-winged gull (Larus glaucescens) in Glacier Bay, Alaska. M.Sc. Thesis. University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 78 pp.
20. R Development Core Team (2005). R: A Language and Environment for Statistical Computing. R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria. ISBN 3-900051-07-0, http://www.R-project.org/.
21. Richards P.M., Mooij W.M., and DeAngelis D.L. Evaluating the effect of salinity on a simulated American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) population with applications to conservation and Everglades restoration. Ecol. Model. 180 (2004) 371-394
22. Seymour A.S., Harris S., and White P.C.L. Potential effects of reserve size on incidental nest predation by red foxes Vulpes vulpes. Ecol. Model. 175 (2004) 101-114
23. Sullivan T.M., Hazlitt S.L., and Lemon M.J.F. Population trends of nesting glaucous-winged gulls, Larus glaucescens, in the southern Strait of Georgia, British Columbia. Can. Field Nat. 116 (2002) 603-606
24. Thompson S.P. Observations of Bald Eagles eating Glaucous-winged gull eggs in Western Washington. Northwestern Nat. 70 (1989) 13-14
25. Van Nes E.G., and Scheffer M. A strategy to improve the contribution of complex simulation models to ecological theory. Ecol. Model. 185 (2005) 153-164
26. Verbeek N.A.M. Differential predation of eggs in clutches of Glaucous-winged Gulls Larus glaucescens. Ibis 130 (1988) 512-518
27. Verbeek N.A.M. Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens). In: Poole A., and Gill F. (Eds). The Birds of North America, no. 59 (1993), The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA
28. Vermeer K., Morgan K.H., Smith G.E.J., and York B.A. Effects of egging on the reproductive success of Glaucous-winged gulls. Waterbirds 14 2 (1991) 158-165
29. Vermeer K., and Devito K. Population trend of nesting Glaucous-winged Gulls in the Strait of Georgia. In: Vermeer K., and Butler R.W. (Eds). The Ecology and Status of Marine and Shoreline Birds in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia (1989), Canadian Wildlife Service, Ottawa, Ont. (Special publication)
30. Wanless S., Harris M.P., Calladine J., and Rothery P. Modelling responses of herring gull and lesser black-backed gull populations to reduction of reproductive output: implications for control measures. J. Appl. Ecol. 33 (1996) 1420-1432
31. Watola G.V., Stone D.A., Smith G.C., Forrester G.J., Coleman A.E., Coleman J.T., Goulding M.J., Robinson K.A., and Milsom T.P. Analyses of two mute swan populations and the effects of clutch reduction: implications for population management. J. Appl. Ecol. 40 (2003) 565-579
32. Zador, S.G., 2001. Reproductive and physiological consequences of egg predation for glaucous-winged gulls. M.Sc. Thesis. University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 46 pp.