BUFFER ZONES AND DISTURBANCE TYPES AS PREDICTORS OF FLEDGING SUCCESS IN GREAT BLUE HERONS, ARDEA-HERODIAS

Authors
CARLSON BA MCLEAN EB
Citation
Ba. Carlson et Eb. Mclean, BUFFER ZONES AND DISTURBANCE TYPES AS PREDICTORS OF FLEDGING SUCCESS IN GREAT BLUE HERONS, ARDEA-HERODIAS, Colonial waterbirds, 19(1), 1996, pp. 124-127
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Ecology,Ornithology
Journal title
Colonial waterbirds → ACNP
ISSN journal
07386028
Volume
19
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
124 - 127
Database
ISI
SICI code
0738-6028(1996)19:1<124:BZADTA>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Nineteen nesting colonies of Great Blue Herons (Ardea herodias) were s urveyed in northeast Ohio and western Pennsylvania. Fledging success w as correlated with the type of barrier forming a buffer zone around ea ch site, and the types of human disturbances experienced. Fledging suc cess was not related to colony size or to width of the buffer zone.