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Nesting and Boat Disturbance Studies of Colonial Birds in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
Colonial waterbirds nesting at the Okavango Delta have been subjected to different forms of human disturbances. Motor boat disturbance is one main example of these disturbances. The objectives of my study were to: (I) obtain baseline data on the nesting success and nest height in colonial …
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Evaluating the Responses of Least Terns, Common Terns, Black Skimmers, and Gull-billed Terns to Military and Civilian Aircraft and to Human Recreation at Cape Lookout National Seashore, North Carolina
… military aircraft might generate on nesting colonial waterbirds, and to place any impacts in the context of other human events, 2) a) identify key least tern (Sternula antillarum) demographic drivers, b) evaluate the accuracy of assigning nest fates without using remote cameras, and c) assess …
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Nest-site selection, nocturnal nest desertion, and productivity in a common tern (<i>sterna hirundo</i>) colony at Detroit River, Michigan
<p>Common terns are declining in the Great Lakes region and represent a population relatively distinct from that of eastern North America. On an artificial site, I studied the substrate and vegetation preference and productivity of nesting terns at two scales: general habitat and nest-site. Terns …