Fishing success of gulls at a southeast Alaska smelt run

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 91-96

  Willson, Mary F ^a   Marston, Brian H ^b  

^a Alaska Department of Fish and Game ^*  (United States)

^b ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraging success; Kleptoparasitism; Larus; Thaleichthyes pacificus

Indexed keywords

AVES; LARUS; OSMERIDAE; THALEICHTHYES PACIFICUS; THALEICHTHYS PACIFICUS;

EID: 0036002372     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1648/0273-8570-73.1.91     Document Type: Article

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