Colonial seabird nesting in dense and small sub-colonies: An advantage against aerial predation

Condor

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 848-850

  Oro, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Audouin's Gull; colony size; Ebro Delta; Falco peregrinus; Larus audouinii; Peregrine Falcon; Spain

Indexed keywords

FALCO PEREGRINUS; LARUS AUDOUINII; PEREGRINUS;

EID: 0030462069     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369868     Document Type: Article

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