Does culling predatory gulls enhance the productivity of breeding common terns?

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-8

  Guillemette, Magella ^a,c   Brousseau, Pierre ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Larus spp.; Management technique; Predation; Sterna hirundo; Tern productivity

Indexed keywords

CULLING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PRODUCTIVITY; SEABIRD;

CANADA;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; HIRUNDO; LARUS; STERNA HIRUNDO;

EID: 0034915185     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2001.00564.x     Document Type: Article

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