National census of Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo colonies in France in 2018 and comparison with 2015 [Recensement national des colonies de grands cormorans phalacrocorax carbo en France en 2018 et comparaison avec celui de 2015]

L. Marion (1)

1 ECOBIO - Ecosystèmes, biodiversité, évolution [Rennes]

National census of Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo colonies in Franca In 2018 and comparison wMh 2015. The sixth W-8nnual National Census of breeding Great Cormorants in both inland and coastal Franca showed 9612 i 65 br«rx∗ng pairs (excluding 62 destroyed nests with eggs but indudrg 90 nests for which young and breeders were partly destroyed at the end of breeding) compared to 9524 $ 46 In 2015 (corrected), corresaonding to an increasing rate of only 0 92%. distributed in 179-181 colonies (157-161 in 2015) in 47 or 48 (3-4 new) ddpartements (administrative French counties). The coaslal population. st-J Wnited to only 7 dfepartements between Somme and Mtttihan. decreased by 10 77% since 2015 with 1B97 txe«

Keywords: Breeding great cormorant census; Distribution; Population dynamic

Domains: Environmental Sciences; Biodiversity and Ecology

L. Marion. National census of Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo colonies in France in 2018 and comparison with 2015 [Recensement national des colonies de grands cormorans phalacrocorax carbo en France en 2018 et comparaison avec celui de 2015]. Alauda, 2019, 87 (3), pp.189-202. ⟨hal-02365700⟩