Habitat choice, disturbance, and management of foraging shorebirds and gulls at a migratory stopover

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1159-1166

  Burger, Joanna ^a   Carlucci, Stacy A ^a   Jeitner, Christian W ^a   Niles, Larry ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Endangered and Nongame Species Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Competition for space; Foraging; Habitat; Shorebirds; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGGRESSION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DISTURBANCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MIGRATORY POPULATION; SEABIRD; STOPOVER; VIGILANCE; WADER;

DELAWARE BAY; NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ARENARIA (AVES); AVES; CALIDRIS CANUTUS; CALIDRIS PUSILLA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CLUPEIDAE; LARUS ARGENTATUS; LARUS ATRICILLA;

EID: 35348882224     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/04-0393.1     Document Type: Article

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