Ecology of Bird Island, North Carolina: An Uninhabited, Undeveloped Barrier Island

• Main Author: Rosenfeld, Kristen Marie
• Other Authors: Thomas R. Wentworth, Committee Chair
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: Seabeach amaranth; plant community ecology; barrier island vegetation; Barrier Island; Barrier Islands; Bird Island
• Online Access: http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/resolver/1840.16/426

Barrier islands include some of the most endangered and fragmented ecosystems on the Atlantic coast, providing critical habitat for many species, including some that are threatened and endangered. As the vast majority of these islands have been developed for human usage study and protection of the f...