Nest site selection and its survival value among laughing gulls

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1978, Pages 143-161

  Montevecchi, William A ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000775188     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: 14320762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00354977     Document Type: Article

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