THE INFLUENCE OF HUMAN DISTURBANCE ON THE LOCATION OF GREAT BLUE HERON COLONIES IN THE LOWER CHESAPEAKE BAY

Authors
WATTS BD BRADSHAW DS
Citation
Bd. Watts et Ds. Bradshaw, THE INFLUENCE OF HUMAN DISTURBANCE ON THE LOCATION OF GREAT BLUE HERON COLONIES IN THE LOWER CHESAPEAKE BAY, Colonial waterbirds, 17(2), 1994, pp. 184-186
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Ecology,Ornithology
Journal title
Colonial waterbirds → ACNP
ISSN journal
07386028
Volume
17
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
184 - 186
Database
ISI
SICI code
0738-6028(1994)17:2<184:TIOHDO>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
We examined the influence of man-made structures on the distribution o f Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) colonies in the lower Chesapeake B ay, Virginia, USA. Colony sites were situated farther from man-made st ructures and in areas where the density of structures was lower when c ompared with randomly located sites on tile coastal plain. The spatial pattern of structures around colony rites relative to random sites su ggests that the ar ea of influence was restricted to 400-800 m. Area o f influence was found to vary according to structure type.