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Promoting Change in Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) Nest Site Selection to Minimize Construction Related Disturbance

Peter C. McGowan, Jeffery D. Sullivan, Carl R. Callahan, William Schultz, Jennifer L. Wall and Diann J. Prosser
Ecological Restoration, September 2019, 37 (3) 143-147; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.37.3.143
Peter C. McGowan
corresponding author: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Chesapeake Bay Field Office, 177 Admiral Cochrane Drive, Annapolis, Maryland, 21401,
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Jeffery D. Sullivan
Natural Systems Analysts, Winter Park, Florida
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Carl R. Callahan
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Chesapeake Bay Field Office, Annapolis, Maryland
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William Schultz
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Chesapeake Bay Field Office, Annapolis, Maryland
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Jennifer L. Wall
Chesapeake Conservation Corps, Chesapeake Bay Trust, Annapolis, MD
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Diann J. Prosser
Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Beltsville, Maryland.
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Ecological Restoration Sep 2019, 37 (3) 143-147; DOI: 10.3368/er.37.3.143
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