Reuse of Nesting and Nursery Areas by Common Loons
- 1 January 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in The Journal of Wildlife Management
- Vol. 51 (1) , 123-127
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3801642
Abstract
We monitored yearly locations of nesting and nursery areas in 45 common loon (Gavia immer) territories on 2 lakes in Maine and 3 in New Hamphsire between 1974 and 1984. Reuse of nesting areas on individual lakes over the entire study period was 78-88%. Nest reuse was not strongly related to the outcome of nesting attempts. Year-to-year spatial overlap of nurseries in individual territories was 57-86%. High year-to-year reuse suggests that protection of known nesting and nursery areas is an appropriate strategy for management of reproductive habitats for common loons.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Breeding and Natal Dispersal of the Goldeneye, Bucephala clangulaJournal of Animal Ecology, 1983
- Artificial Islands as Nest Sites for Common LoonsThe Journal of Wildlife Management, 1977