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Titre :	Distribution, Abundance and Trends of Gulls and Terns Breeding on Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada (2016)
Auteurs :	Robert A. Ronconi, Auteur ; Jessica R. Stephens, Auteur ; Zoe J. Crysler, Auteur ; Ingrid L. Pollet, Auteur ; Danielle T. Fife, Auteur ; Andrew G. Horn, Auteur ; Philip D. Taylor, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Waterbirds (39(2) APR 2016)
Article en page(s) :	44-56
Résumé :	Sable Island is the most isolated seabird colony site in eastern Canada and the United States, offering a unique opportunity to study the population dynamics of terns and gulls in an area removed from human activities. Sable Island likely supported tens of thousands of terns prior to 1900, but the population declined during the first half of the 20th century, coinciding with colonization by breeding gulls. An island-wide census of terns and gulls was conducted in 2012 and 2013, and those results were compared with surveys conducted over the previous

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