Diets of nesting laughing gulls (Larus atricilla) at the Virginia coast reserve: Observations from stable isotope analysis

Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 67-88

  Knoff, A J ^a   Macko, S A ^a   Erwin, R M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon 13; Diet; Larus atricilla; Laughing gull; Natural variations; Nitrogen 15; Sulfur 34

Indexed keywords

DIET; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; INTRAPOPULATION VARIATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; SEABIRD;

UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA; VIRGINIA COAST RESERVE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LARUS; LARUS ATRICILLA;

EID: 0035556375     PISSN: 10256016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10256010108033282     Document Type: Article

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