Diet of nestling Laughing Gulls in Southern New Jersey

Waterbirds

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 273-281

  Dosch, Jerald J ^a,b  

^a DREW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BENEDICTINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic foods; Chicks; Diet; Larus atricilla; Laughing Gull; Salt content

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LARUS ATRICILLA;

DIET; LAUGHING GULL; NESTLING;

USA, NEW JERSEY;

EID: 0031398905     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1521693     Document Type: Article

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