Abundance, population trends, and negative associations with lake water levels for six colonial waterbird species over five decades in southern Manitoba

• Main Authors: Ann E. McKellar, Steven E. Simpson, Scott Wilson
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Resilience Alliance 2021
• Subjects: american white pelican; caspian tern; colonial waterbird; common tern; double-crested cormorant; herring gull; lake winnipeg; population census; manitoba; ring-billed gull; Plant culture; SB1-1110; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Plant ecology; QK900-989; Canada; Gull Lake; Common tern; Sterna hirundo
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/2bf8093820ec4e5fb03573306a1be8c6

Management of colonial waterbirds at regional, national, and continental scales requires up-to-date monitoring information on breeding locations, population sizes, and trends. The large lakes of southern Manitoba, Canada (Winnipeg, Winnipegosis, and Manitoba), and the inter-lake region host national...