Effects of trawler discard availability on egg laying and breeding success in the lesser black-backed gull Larus fuscus in the western Mediterranean

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 132, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 43-46

  Oro, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Egg laying; Food availability; Lesser black backed gull; Moratorium; Population dynamics; Reproduction; Trawler discards

Indexed keywords

FOOD AVAILABILITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; TRAWLER DISCARDS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA, (WESTERN);

LARUS FUSCUS;

EID: 0029667231     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps132043     Document Type: Article

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