Predictors of Gull-billed tern (Gelochelidon nilotica) nest survival in artificial coastal saltpans, Bohai Bay, China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Coastal saltpans are a common supratidal human-modified wetland habitat found within many coastal landscape mosaics. Commercial salt production and aquaculture practices often result in the creation of exposed coastal substrates that could provide suitable breeding habitat for waterbird populations; however, few studies have quantified waterbird breeding success in these artificial wetlands.

Methods

Here we examine the nesting behavior of the Gull-billed tern (Gelochelidon nilotica) breeding in the Nanpu coastal saltpans of Bohai Bay, Yellow Sea, China over three consecutive nesting seasons (2017-2019) by using nest survival model in Program MARK.

Results

The results revealed that nest survival of Gull-billed terns in coastal saltpans (0.697) was hig

SUBMITTER: Wu F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7543726 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature