Changes in breeding population sizes of brandt's cormorants Phalacrocorax Penicillatus in the Gulf of the Farallones, California, 1979-2006

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 35-48

  Capitolo, Phillip J ^a,c   McChesney, Gerard J ^b   Carter, Harry R ^c,d   Parker, Michael W ^b,e   Eigner, Lisa E ^b,c,f   Golightly, Richard T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^c HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Carter Biological Consulting   (Canada)

^e Insignia Environmental ^*  (United States)

^f Insignia Environmental   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial photographic surveys; Brandt's Cormorant; California; El Ni o; Gulf of the Farallones; Immigration; Phalacrocorax penicillatus; Population trends

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; BREEDING POPULATION; COLONY; EL NINO; IMMIGRATION; LA NINA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; SEABIRD;

CALIFORNIA; GULF OF FARALLONES; PACIFIC OCEAN; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901796258     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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