Social interactions among breeding Brünnich's Guillemots Uria lomvia suggest constraints in relation to offspring vulnerability

Ibis

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 413-418

  Kober, Kerstin ^a   Gaston, Anthony J ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGGRESSION; COLONIAL BREEDING; SEABIRD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AVES; LARIDAE; URIA LOMVIA;

EID: 0041766295     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1474-919X.2003.00179.x     Document Type: Article

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