Management effects on breeding and foraging numbers and movements of double-crested cormorants in the Les Cheneaux Islands, Lake Huron, Michigan

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 224-231

  Dorr, Brian S ^a   Aderman, Tony ^b   Butchko, Peter H ^b   Barras, Scott C ^b  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial survey; Culling; Egg oiling; Telemetry; Yellow perch

Indexed keywords

LAKES; TELEMETERING; TELEMETERING EQUIPMENT;

AERIAL SURVEYS; CULLING; DENSITY DEPENDENT; EGG-OILING; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS; PHALACROCORAX AURITUS; YELLOW PERCH;

SURVEYS;

AERIAL SURVEY; BIOTELEMETRY; CULLING; PERCID; WADER;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE HURON; LES CHENEAUX ISLANDS; MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

PERCA; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX AURITUS; PROCYON;

EID: 79952806215     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2010.02.008     Document Type: Article

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