Impact of West Nile virus and other mortality factors on American white pelicans at breeding colonies in the northern plains of North America

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1021-1031

  Sovada, Marsha A ^a   Pietz, Pamela J ^a   Converse, Kathryn A ^b   Tommy King, D ^c   Hofmeister, Erik K ^b   Scherr, Paulette ^d   Ip, Hon S ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

Author keywords

American white pelican; Late breeding season mortality; Mortality factors; Pelecanus erythrorhynchos; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; SURVIVAL; VIRUS; WATERFOWL;

BITTER LAKE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE; CHASE LAKE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE; MEDICINE LAKE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE; MINNESOTA; MONTANA; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH DAKOTA; SOUTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; PELECANUS ERYTHRORHYNCHOS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 41849121110     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.01.019     Document Type: Article

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