Daily survival rate for nests of Black Skimmers from a core breeding area of the southeastern USA

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 443-450

  Brooks, Gillian L ^a,c   Sanders, Felicia J ^b   Gerard, Patrick D ^a   Jodice, Patrick G R ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^c NRCS Sage Grouse Initiative   (United States)

Author keywords

Black Skimmer; nest predation; nest success; nest survival; Rynchops Niger; South Carolina

Indexed keywords

BEACH; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLUTCH SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; NEST PREDATION; NESTING SUCCESS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL;

SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

RYNCHOPS NIGER;

EID: 84908596457     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/13-136.1     Document Type: Article

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