Ospreys of the Chesapeake Bay: Population recovery, ecological requirements, and current threats

Waterbirds

Volumn 30, Issue SPEC. ISS. 1, 2007, Pages 39-49

  Watts, Bryan D ^a   Paxton, Barton J ^a  

^a William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding population; Chesapeake Bay; Nesting substrates; Osprey; Recovery; Reproductive rates; Threats

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BREEDING POPULATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NESTING SUCCESS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION ECOLOGY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION GROWTH; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVORSHIP;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PANDION; PANDION HALIAETUS;

EID: 42049124057     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2007)030[0039:OOTCBP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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