Population counts, time budgets, and disturbance factors of black brant (Branta bernicla nigricans) at Humboldt Bay, California

• Main Author: Schmidt, Peter E.
• Other Authors: Arnold, Todd
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt 1999
• Subjects: Bird populations; Humboldt Bay; Black brant > Behavior; California; Humboldt State University > Theses > Wildlife Management; South Bay; Branta bernicla
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2148/750

I examined population trends, spatial distributions, time budgets, disturbance factors, and behavioral responses of black brant (Branta bernicla nigricans) from January-May of 1996 and 1997 at Humboldt Bay, California. Brant counts differed little between years (P = 0.57), but distribution patterns...