Competition between the yellow-legged gull Larus cachinnans and Audouin's gull Larus audouinii associated with commercial fishing vessels: The influence of season and fishing fleet

Marine Biology

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 807-816

  Arcos, J M ^a   Oro, D ^b   Sol, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; FISHERY DISCARD; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; KLEPTOPARASITISM; SEABIRD;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

AVES; LARUS; LARUS AUDOUINII; LARUS CACHINNANS; LARUS MICHAHELLIS;

EID: 0035651621     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270100651     Document Type: Article

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