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Colonial Bird Monitoring in South Florida National Parks.

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Date Issued:
1978-04-05
Summary:
The colonial bird monitoring system has been developed to provide systematic coverage of colonial birds nesting in south Florida national parks. Coverage includes Everglades National Park, Biscayne National Monument, Big Cypress National Preserve, and nearby areas. Species monitored are Great White Herons, Great Egrets, Snowy Egrets, Louisiana Herons, Little Blue Herons, Cattle Egrets, White Ibis, Wood Storks, Brown Pelicans, Double-crested Cormorants, Laughing Gulls and Least Terns. The purpose of the monitoring system is to provide information on population status sufficient to determine yearly variation in numbers of nesting birds and to detect long-term trends in the population status of colonial birds in south Florida national parks.
Title: Colonial Bird Monitoring in South Florida National Parks.
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Name(s): McEwan, Linda C., creator
Kushlan, James A., creator
Bass, Oron, creator
South Florida Research Center
PALMM (Project)
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Technical Report
Date Issued: 1978-04-05
Publisher: U.S. National Park Service. South Florida Research Center. Everglades National Park. Homestead, Florida 33030
Extent: 39 pages
Language(s): English
Summary: The colonial bird monitoring system has been developed to provide systematic coverage of colonial birds nesting in south Florida national parks. Coverage includes Everglades National Park, Biscayne National Monument, Big Cypress National Preserve, and nearby areas. Species monitored are Great White Herons, Great Egrets, Snowy Egrets, Louisiana Herons, Little Blue Herons, Cattle Egrets, White Ibis, Wood Storks, Brown Pelicans, Double-crested Cormorants, Laughing Gulls and Least Terns. The purpose of the monitoring system is to provide information on population status sufficient to determine yearly variation in numbers of nesting birds and to detect long-term trends in the population status of colonial birds in south Florida national parks.
Identifier: FI11120701 (IID), 3325301 (digitool), fiu:29808 (fedora)
Subject(s): Colonial birds--Behavior.
National parks & reserves.
Everglades National Park (Fla.).
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3325301
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Host Institution: FIU
Has Part: Report (South Florida Research Center) ; T-513.