Effects of gull predation and predator control of Tern nesting success at Eastern Egg Rock, Maine

Waterbirds

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-39

  Donehower, Christina E ^a   Bird, David M ^a   Hall, C Scott ^b   Kress, Stephen W ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b National Audubon Society   (United States)

^c NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic Tern; Common Tern; Great Black backed Gull; Gulf of Maine; Gull control; Gull predation; Herring Gull; Laughing Gull; Roseate tern

Indexed keywords

EGG PREDATION; NESTING SUCCESS; PREDATOR CONTROL; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SEABIRD;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE;

CLUPEIDAE; LARUS ARGENTATUS; LARUS ATRICILLA; LARUS MARINUS; STERNA DOUGALLII; STERNA HIRUNDO; STERNA PARADISAEA;

EID: 34250002001     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2007)030[0029:EOGPAP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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