Short-term effects of culling on the ecology and population dynamics of the yellow-legged gull

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 369-385

  Bosch, M ^a   Oro, D ^b,d   Cantos, F J ^c   Zabala, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c Subd Gral Conservacion B   (Spain)

^d Miquel M   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breeding performance; Gull control; Metapopulation; Nest density; Population model

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ANALYSIS; CULLING; DIET; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

SPAIN;

LARUS CACHINNANS;

EID: 0034095241     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2000.00501.x     Document Type: Article

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