Kleptoparasitism of Herring Gulls taking eider eggs by Canada Geese

Waterbirds

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 235-238

  Allard, Karel ^a   Gilchrist, H Grant ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada Goose; Common Eider; Egg eating; Exogenous food; Herring Gull; Kleptoparasitism; Nesting association

Indexed keywords

KLEPTOPARASITISM; NEST PREDATION; SEABIRD;

ANAS; ANAS SP.; ANSER; ANSER SP.; AVES; BRANTA; BRANTA CANADENSIS; CLUPEA HARENGUS; LARUS; LARUS ARGENTATUS; SOMATERIA; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA;

EID: 0036077778     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2002)025[0235:kohgte]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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