An urban success story: Breeding seabirds on Alcatraz Island, California, 1990-2002

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-49

  Saenz, Benjamin L ^a   Thayer, Julie A ^a   Sydeman, William J ^a   Hatch, Daphne A ^b  

^a PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

^b Golden Gate National Recreation Area   (United States)

Author keywords

Brandt's Cormorant Phalacrocorax penicillatus; Central California; Disturbance; Pelagic Cormorant Phalacrocorax pelagicus; Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba; Population trends; Seabird productivity; Western Gull Larus occidentalis

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SITE; POPULATION ECOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SEABIRD;

ALCATRAZ; CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CEPPHUS COLUMBA; COLUMBA; LARUS OCCIDENTALIS; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX PELAGICUS; PHALACROCORAX PENICILLATUS; PISCES;

EID: 33846359370     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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