Predation by Kelp Gulls larus dominicanus at a mixed-species colony of Royal Terns Sterna maxima and Cayenne Terns Sterna eurygnatha in Patagonia

Ibis

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 536-541

  Yorio, Pablo ^a,b,c   Quintana, Flavio ^a,b  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^b Fundacion Patagonia Natural   (Argentina)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD COLONY; BIRDS; CAYENNE TERN; COLONIES; KELP GULL; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; ROYAL TERN;

ARGENTINA; PUNTA LEON;

AVES; LARIDAE; LARUS DOMINICANUS; STERNA EURYGNATHA; STERNA MAXIMA;

EID: 0030754933     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.1997.tb04670.x     Document Type: Article

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