Hybridization and reproductive performance in gulls of the Larus glaucescens-occidentalis complex

Condor

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 585-594

  Bell, Douglas A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Gulls; Hybridization; Larus glaucescens; Larus occidentalis; Reproductive fitness; Selection hybridization balance

Indexed keywords

AVES; LARUS GLAUCESCENS; LARUS OCCIDENTALIS; LARUS OCCIDENTALIS OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 0030759223     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370471     Document Type: Article

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