Population trends and interactions among terns and gulls in Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Howes, Lesley-Anne, Montevecchi, William A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1993
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Arctic; Gros Morne National Park; Five Islands; Newfoundland; Sterna hirundo
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z93-214; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z93-214

Although populations of Common Terns and Arctic Terns (Sterna hirundo, S. paradisaea) have been decreasing and gull (Larus spp.) populations have been increasing in eastern North America for more than 50 years, little is known about the population trends of these species in Newfoundland. Here we pre...