Differences between diet of adult and chick Audouin's Gulls Larus audouinii at the Chafarinas Islands, SW Mediterranean

Ornis Fennica

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 124-130

  Pedrocchi, Vittorio ^a   Oro, Daniel ^a   González Solís, Jacob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDOUIN'S GULL; DIET; GILT SARDINE; SARDINE;

SPAIN, CHAFARINAS ISLANDS;

LARUS AUDOUINII; SARDINA PILCHARDUS; SARDINELLA AURITA;

EID: 0030326665     PISSN: 00305685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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