Population change among Pacific, kelp and silver gulls using natural and artificial feeding sites in south-eastern Tasmania

Wildlife Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 183-198

  Coulson, Ruth ^a   Coulson, Graeme ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDING HABITAT; POPULATION CHANGE; REFUSE TIP; SEABIRD;

AUSTRALIA; HOBART; TASMANIA;

LARUS DOMINICANUS; LARUS NOVAEHOLLANDIAE; LARUS PACIFICUS;

EID: 0031831824     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR97027     Document Type: Article

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