Nest-site selection and hatching success of waterbirds in coastal Virginia: Some results of habitat manipulation

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 317-329

  Rounds, R A ^a,c   Erwin, R Michael ^a,b   Porter, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

American Oystercatcher; Black Skimmer; Coastal Virginia; Common Tern; Gull billed Tern; Habitat manipulation; Haematopus palliatus; Rynchops niger; S. nilotica; Sea level rise; Shellpiles; Sterna hirundo

Indexed keywords

ARENARIA (AVES); ARENARIA INTERPRES; AVES; GALLIFORMES; GELOCHELIDON NILOTICA; HAEMATOPUS; HAEMATOPUS PALLIATUS; HIRUNDO; LARIDAE; MAMMALIA; RYNCHOPS NIGER; STERNA; STERNA HIRUNDO; STERNA NILOTICA;

EID: 9744265828     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1648/0273-8570-75.4.317     Document Type: Article

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