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- Title
RECENT NESTING OF GULL-BILLED TERNS ON GRAVEL ROOFS IN FLORIDA.
- Authors
Gore, Jeffery A.; Smith, Henry T.; Smith, Bradley S.; Gierhart, Wendy A.
- Abstract
The article offers a study which gathers records of Gull-billed Tern nests on roofs in Florida from 1998 to 2007 and conducts surveys for roof-nesting birds in northwest Florida from 2004 to 2007. It aims to identify whether more Gull-billed Terns nested on roofs in subsequent years as expected. According to the article, records recommend that roof-nesting by Gull-billed Tern nests in the state will continue to grow, as long as suitable gravel roofs are available. However, it noted that the future significance of gravel roofs as nesting sites for Gull-billed Terns in the state is still uncertain provided that gravel-covered roofs are not used anymore and the mean success rate for Gull-billed Tern nests on roofs is unknown.
- Subjects
FLORIDA; GULL-billed tern; BIRD nests; NEST building; NESTS; ROOFS; GRAVEL; ANIMAL habitations; SURVEYS
- Publication
Florida Field Naturalist, 2008, Vol 36, Issue 4, p83
- ISSN
0738-999X
- Publication type
Article