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Nesting Requirements of Marbled Murrelets in British Columbia
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Habitat loss.
Marbled Murrelets are seabirds who spend their entire life at sea except during mating season, when they nest on the large branches of ancient trees along the Pacific Northwest coastline. However, their traditional nesting areas have now mostly been destroyed through the harvesting of trees. Investigators from Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, who are studying marbled murrelets, have found that the birds are now nesting in ancient forests of the lower subalpine region, which is above their former nesting areas in the valley bottoms. This research is helping to develop strategies to conserve important patches of high quality subalpine nesting habitat for marbled murrelets.
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