Facilitation and Spatial Association of Common Murres and Brandt’s Cormorants in Northern California
Publication Date
2025
College
College of Natural Resources & Sciences
Department
Wildlife
Document Type
Poster
Description
This project set out to examine the hypothesis that Brandt's Cormorants act as a facilitator species to Common Murres. Drone images were taken of the study system during the breeding season of each year to accurately represent the space used by each species. Spatial analysis was conducted on both species to determine if non-random spatial associated occurred at several scales. Additionally, an analysis was conducted to examine how the number of Murres associated with Cormorants changed over time.
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