Food availability and nest predation influence life history traits in Audouin's gull, Larus audouinii

Oecologia

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 438-445

  Oro, Daniel ^a,b   Pradel, Roger ^a   Lebreton, Jean Dominique ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adult survival; Breeding dispersal; Population dynamics; Reproductive performance

Indexed keywords

FOOD AVAILABILITY; LIFE HISTORY; NEST PREDATION; WADER;

LARUS AUDOUINII;

EID: 0032895190     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050746     Document Type: Article

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