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Data regarding the efficacy of management practices for controlling gull use of Common Tern nesting colonies

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
2020-04-08
End Date
2022-06-22

Citation

Sullivan, J.D., O'Donnell, A.W., Lescure, L.M., Rapp, A.J., Callahan, C.R., McGowan, P.C., Carney, T., and Prosser, D.J., 2022, Data regarding the efficacy of management practices for controlling gull use of Common Tern nesting colonies: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9Z8UI2C.

Summary

These data, which support a paired USGS publication, describe the efficacy of several management practices for reducing the presence of herring gulls in the nesting colonies of Common Terns. This data was collected on Poplar Island, located in the Chesapeake Bay portion of Maryland.

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Diann J Prosser
Originator :
Jeffery D Sullivan, Amy W O'Donnell, Lauren (Contractor) M Lescure, Andrew J Rapp, Carl R Callahan, Peter C McGowan, Tim Carney, Diann J Prosser
Metadata Contact :
Diann J Prosser
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Eastern Ecological Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Ecosystems

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DataRelease.xml
Original FGDC Metadata
View 		29.53 KB application/fgdc+xml
TreatmentAreaSurveysAndManagementData.xlsx 18.62 KB application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
WholeCellSurveys.xlsx 16.33 KB application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet

Purpose

These data were collected to inform selected management practices at sites with conflict between herring gulls and nesting common terns.

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/P9Z8UI2C

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