Assessment of social attraction techniques used to restore a common Murre colony in Central California

Waterbirds

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-28

  Parker, Michael W ^a,d   Kress, Stephen W ^b   Golightly, Richard T ^c   Carter, Harry R ^c,e   Parsons, Elizabeth B ^c   Schubel, Susan E ^c   Boyce, Jennifer A ^c,f   McChesney, Gerard J ^a   Wisely, Samantha M ^c  

^a U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY   (United States)

^c HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^e Restoration Center ^*  (Canada)

^f NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcid; California; Common Murre; Devil's slide Rock; Restoration; Seabird; Social attraction; Uria aalge

Indexed keywords

ATTRACTANT; BREEDING SITE; OIL SPILL; OIL SPILL RESPONSE; POPULATION DENSITY; RECOLONIZATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEABIRD;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN MATEO COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

ALCIDAE; AVES; LARIDAE; URIA AALGE;

EID: 34250021345     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2007)030[0017:AOSATU]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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