Attendance and diet in relation to breeding success in herring gulls (Larus argentatus)

Auk

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 300-309

  Bukacińska, Monika ^a,b   Bukacinski, Dariusz ^a,b   Spaans, Arie L ^b  

^a POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0000654542     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4088896     Document Type: Article

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