Breeding success in the Western Gull × Glaucous-winged Gull complex: The influence of habitat and nest-site characteristics

Condor

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 353-365

  Good, Thomas P ^a  

^a NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding success; Egg loss; Glaucous winged Gull; Habitat; L. occidentalis; Larus glaucescens; Western Gull

Indexed keywords

LARUS; LARUS GLAUCESCENS; LARUS OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 0036254410     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2002)104[0353:BSITWG]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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