Authors
DAWN R. MAGNESS1, TODD ESKELIN1, MARK LAKER1 & HEATHER M. RENNER2
1US Fish & Wildlife Service, Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, PO Box 2139, Soldotna, AK 99669, USA (dawn_magness@fws.gov)
2US Fish & Wildlife Service, Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, 95 Sterling Highway, Homer, AK 99603, USA
Key words: unmanned aerial system (UAS), tern nesting surveys, Aleutian Tern, Onychoprion aleuticus, disturbance
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