The Current Status of the Herring Gull Population in the Northeastern United States

Drury, William H.; Kadlec, John A.

doi:10.2307/4512069

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“…Zealand (Fordham 1970) and the current stability of population sizes of several species may indicate that food limits have been reached (Drury andKadlec 1974, Coulson 1983).…”

Section: Population Growthmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…At the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries, many gull populations were reduced below historic levels by human persecution (Drury 1973(Drury , 1974Cramp et al 1974;Nettleship 1977 (Nettleship 1977). In New England, population growth of the double-crested cormorant, common eider (Somateria mollissima) and great black-backed gull (L. marinus) all exceeded the growth of the herring gull population through the mid-1960's (Drury 1973(Drury , 1974 Brown 1967).…”

Section: Population Growthmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In New England, population growth of the double-crested cormorant, common eider (Somateria mollissima) and great black-backed gull (L. marinus) all exceeded the growth of the herring gull population through the mid-1960's (Drury 1973(Drury , 1974 Brown 1967). However, evidence in support of the role of increased food availability as the primary factor influencing growth is weak.…”

Section: Population Growthmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Population Dynamics of the Glaucous-Winged Gull

Reid¹

1988

The Journal of Wildlife Management

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“…Zealand (Fordham 1970) and the current stability of population sizes of several species may indicate that food limits have been reached (Drury andKadlec 1974, Coulson 1983).…”

Section: Population Growthmentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Population Growthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Population Growthmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Population Dynamics of the Glaucous-Winged Gull

Reid¹

1988

The Journal of Wildlife Management

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“…During the 1950s and 1960s, Herring Gull nesting spread widely across Long Island, New York, with large nesting colonies present on Cartright Island, on Gardiner's Island, in Captree State Park, and on Canarsie Pol in Jamaica Bay, New York (Bull 1964). Further increases and range expansion of Herring Gulls occurred during the 1950s and 1960s; the estimated number of Herring Gull breeding pairs on Long Island increased from 225 in 1951 to 5,550 in 1972 (Drury and Kadlec 1974). Although the New England Herring Gull population was apparently stabilizing during this time period (Kadlec and Drury 1968;Drury and Kadlec 1974), this species continued its range expansion southward into North Carolina (Stewart and Robbins 1958;Ames 1963;Burger 1977;Brinker et al 2007).…”

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Historical and Current Population Trends of Herring Gulls (Larus argentatus) and Great Black-Backed Gulls (Larus marinus) in the New York Bight, USA

Washburn

Elbin

Davis³

2016

Waterbirds

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During the 20th century, gull populations in North America experienced considerable changes in abundance and geographic ranges. The objective of this study was to describe population trends of Herring Gulls (Larus argentatus) and Great Black-backed Gulls (L. marinus) in the New York Bight, USA, over a 40-year period (1974-2013). A variety of data sources using different survey methods provided estimates of the number of breeding pairs for both species. In the Long Island portion of the New York Bight, overall Herring and Great Black-backed gull nesting populations appear to have fluctuated considerably in size during this time period, and the largest numbers of breeding individuals of these two species occurred in the 1980s. In coastal New Jersey, the Herring Gull nesting population has remained relatively constant, whereas the Great Black-backed Gull nesting population has increased. Individual nesting colonies are dynamic and can vary in size considerably during even short time periods. Several factors, including sea-level changes and the availability of anthropogenic food sources (i.e., at landfills and fisheries by-catch), likely have strongly influenced individual colonies and the overall Herring and Great Blackbacked gull breeding populations in the New York Bight.

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“…Moreover, gulls are highly adaptable animals that thrive in proximity to humans. Anthropogenic factors (Kadlec and Drury [1968], Spaans [1971], Patton and Hanners [1984], Belant and Dolbeer [1993]) accounted for dramatic increases in gull populations over the past half century (e.g., Drury and Kadlec [1974], Conover [1983], Dolbeer and Bernhardt [1986], Vermeer [1992]). Gull management requires an integrated, landscape‐level approach involving government agencies, businesses, wildlife managers, landscape and building designers, and private citizens (Belant [1997]).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Predicting Gull/Human Conflicts With Mathematical Models: A Tool for Management

Hayward¹,

Henson²,

Tkachuck³

et al. 2009

Natural Resource Modeling

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Abstract. Gulls are highly adaptable animals that thrive in proximity to humans. Although gulls enjoy legal protection in North America, England, and Europe, they often conflict with human interests by spreading disease, transporting contaminants, fouling public areas with droppings, and colliding with aircraft. Of particular concern are aggregates of "loafing" gulls that gather on parking lots, rooftops, and airport runways. Loafing in birds is a general state of immobility that involves behaviors such as sleeping, sitting, standing, resting, preening, and defecating. The ability to predict the incidence of aggregated loafing provides a first step toward the amelioration of bird/human conflicts. We used mathematical models to predict the aggregate loafing behavior of gulls as a function of environmental conditions and tested model portability across years, phase of breeding cycle, loafing location, and species. Because groups of loafing birds quickly reassemble after disturbance, algebraic models for the steady-state dynamics can be obtained from the differential equations using time-scale analysis. The accessible management tool requires * Corresponding author. James L.

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The Current Status of the Herring Gull Population in the Northeastern United States

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Population Dynamics of the Glaucous-Winged Gull

Population Dynamics of the Glaucous-Winged Gull

Historical and Current Population Trends of Herring Gulls (Larus argentatus) and Great Black-Backed Gulls (Larus marinus) in the New York Bight, USA

Predicting Gull/Human Conflicts With Mathematical Models: A Tool for Management

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