Species Report
Least Tern

Total number of 2,500 hectare plots where this species is found: 16 ( 1.8% of plots )

CATEGORY	Hectares, 1994	% of Total, 1994	Hectares, 1999	% of Total, 1999	Hectares, 2004	% of Total, 2004
Forest - Total (All Categories)	13850.1	31.25	14479.8	36.20	14641.5	36.60
Ozark-Ouachita Pine-Oak Forest	1284.2	2.90	1095.1	2.74	1067.5	2.67
Ozark-Ouachita Dry Oak Woodland and Forest	0.4	0.00	0.2	0.00	0.2	0.00
Central Interior Highlands Glade and Barrens	0.0	0.00	0.0	0.00	0.0	0.00
Mesic Hardwood Forest	0.0	0.00	0.0	0.00	0.0	0.00
Dry-Mesic Oak Forest	700.5	1.58	575.2	1.44	519.1	1.30
West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Forest	1541.4	3.48	1233.0	3.08	1229.5	3.07
West Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream Forest	87.6	0.20	69.3	0.17	73.3	0.18
Lower Mississippi River Low Bottomland Forest	2184.2	4.93	1590.8	3.98	1597.0	3.99
Lower Mississippi River High Bottomland Forest	7574.8	17.09	6374.1	15.94	6272.6	15.68
Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depression	16.6	0.04	10.6	0.03	9.5	0.02
Lower Mississippi River Riparian Forest	99.6	0.22	72.4	0.18	72.5	0.18
Sweetgum	360.8	0.81	300.4	0.75	281.0	0.70
Forest - Unknown Category	0.0	0.00	3159.0	7.90	3519.4	8.80
Cropland	14119.8	31.86	9006.7	22.52	8807.0	22.02
Pastureland	2752.0	6.21	3142.4	7.86	2737.4	6.84
Herbaceous	9.3	0.02	1082.8	2.71	1141.2	2.85
Bare/Barren	266.7	0.60	291.6	0.73	116.1	0.29
Urban	474.9	1.07	890.3	2.23	1713.5	4.28
Water	9456.2	21.34	8044.3	20.11	7780.2	19.45
Unknown (No Data)	3392.1	7.65	3061.6	7.65	3062.6	7.66