Changes in nesting-habitat use of large gulls breeding in Witless Bay, Newfoundland

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Robertson, Gregory J, Fifield, David, Massaro, Melanie, Chardine, John W
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2001
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Canada; Gull Island; Newfoundland; Oceanodroma leucorhoa
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z01-180; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z01-180

We counted herring gull (Larus argentatus) and great black-backed gull (Larus marinus) nests in the Witless Bay Seabird Ecological Reserve in southeastern Newfoundland, Canada, in 1999 and 2000 and compared our results with previous nest counts from the 1970s. On Gull Island, herring gull nest numbe...