How costly is clutch formation in the Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii?

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 567-575

  Ruiz, Xavier ^a   Jover, Lluis ^a   Pedrocchi, Vittorio ^a   Oro, Daniel ^a,b   González Solis, Jacob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EGG PRODUCTION; ENERGETICS; SEABIRD;

LARUS AUDOUINII;

EID: 0034502725     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-048X.2000.310416.x     Document Type: Article

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