Response of waterbird colonies in southern Louisiana to recent drought and hurricanes

Animal Conservation

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 502-508

  Leberg, Paul L ^a   Green, M C ^b   Adams, B A ^a   Purcell, K M ^a   Luent, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Colonial waterbirds; Hurricane Katrina; Hurricane Rita

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; HURRICANE RITA 2005; NESTING; WATERFOWL;

LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES;

EID: 35649022711     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2007.00141.x     Document Type: Article

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