Characteristics of double-crested cormorant colonies in the U.S. Great Lakes island landscape

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 232-241

  Wires, Linda R ^a   Cuthbert, Francesca J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Colony sites; Cormorants; Great Lakes; Island threats

Indexed keywords

BREEDING HABITATS; COLONY SITES; COLONY SIZE; CORMORANTS; GIS-DATABASE; GREAT LAKES; ISLAND THREATS; LANDSCAPE SCALE; NATURE CONSERVANCY; SMALL ISLAND;

LAKES;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BREEDING SITE; COLONY STRUCTURE; DATABASE; GIS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; WATERFOWL;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA];

CLUPEIDAE; LARUS ARGENTATUS; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX AURITUS;

EID: 79952819276     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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