Impact of Raccoons on breeding success in large colonies of Great Black-backed Gulls and Herring Gulls

Waterbirds

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 375-383

  Ellis, Julie C ^a   Shulman, Myra J ^a   Jessop, Holly ^b   Suomala, Rebecca ^c   Morris, Sara R ^d   Seng, Virginia ^a   Wagner, Maureen ^a   Mach, Katharine ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^c Audubon Society of New Hampshire   (United States)

^d CANISIUS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Gulf of Maine; Island; Nest success; New England; Population decline; Predator; Procyon lotor; Raccoon; Seabird

Indexed keywords

COLONY; EGG; MORTALITY; NESTING; NESTING SUCCESS; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; SMALL MAMMAL;

APPLEDORE ISLAND; ISLES OF SHOALS; MAINE; NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; SMUTTYNOSE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

CLUPEIDAE; LARIDAE; LARUS ARGENTATUS; LARUS MARINUS; MAMMALIA; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR;

EID: 35948995836     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2007)030[0375:IOROBS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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