Technique-dependent biases in determination of diet composition: An example with Ring-billed Gulls

Condor

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 34-41

  Brown, Kevin M ^a   Ewins, Peter J ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chick provisioning; Diet; Lake Erie; Larus delawarensis; Pellets; Ring billed Gulls

Indexed keywords

LARUS DELAWARENSIS;

EID: 0030063127     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369505     Document Type: Article

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