A Comparison of Techniques Used to Estimate Numbers of Colonial Nesting Seabirds
Hutchinson AE. 1980. A Comparison of Techniques Used to Estimate Numbers of Colonial Nesting Seabirds. University of Maine
FIELD WORK: Summer 1978. BIRDS: Numbers of nesting Double-crested Cormorants, Herring Gulls, and Black-backed Gulls were estimated using a variety of techniques. Cormorant estimates for Ship Island ranged from 300-367 depending on the census date and the technique used. /STUDY LOCATIONS:/ /ISLANDS/Ship Island/Pond Island/Trumpet Island/ GIS-CATEGORY 2 ; Birds: Lists some Double-crested Cormorant nesting islands
- Type
- Academic
- Authors
- Hutchinson, Alan
- Date of Issue
- 1980
- Publisher
- University of Maine
- Units
- ACAD
- Keywords
- Islands, Nests & Nesting, Pond Island, Population Density, Ship Island, thesis, Trumpet Island