Status and distribution of colonial waterbirds in coastal Virginia: 2008 breeding season

• Main Authors: Watts, B. D., Paxton, B J
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: W&M ScholarWorks 2009
• Subjects: Barrier Island; James River; Common tern
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.wm.edu/ccb_reports/359; https://scholarworks.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1358&context=ccb_reports

Colonial waterbirds are highly visible components of coastal avifaunas that share the unusual characteristic of nesting in dense assemblages. One consequence of having large portions of populations nesting in few locations is that even restricted disturbance may have profound consequences on a popul...