Understanding the use of barrier islands as nesting habitat for Louisiana birds of concern

• Main Author: Leumas, Cecilia Marie
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: LSU Digital Commons 2010
• Subjects: Louisiana; predation; skimmer; tern; barrier islands; seabirds; social facilitation; coloniality; Environmental Sciences; Barrier Islands; Trinity Island; Four Islands
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_theses/1119; https://doi.org/10.31390/gradschool_theses.1119; https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/context/gradschool_theses/article/2118/viewcontent/uc.pdf

Colonial nesting seabirds are threatened by habitat loss and degradation, human disturbance, predation, and climate change. Several species of conservation concern concentrate high percentages of their total U.S. populations in Louisiana breeding colonies. We studied seabirds, including Royal Terns,...