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

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