Kleptoparasitism, disturbance and predation of yellow-legged gulls on Audouin's gulls in three colonies of the western Mediterranean

Scientia Marina

Volumn 67, Issue SUPPLEMENT 2, 2003, Pages 89-94

  Martínez Abraín, Alejandro ^a,b   González Solis, Jacob ^c   Pedrocchi, Vittorio ^c   Genovart, Meritxell ^a,c   Abella, Joan Carles ^c   Ruiz, Xavier ^c   Jiménez, Juan ^b   Oro, Daniel ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b CPEMN Conselleria de Medio Ambiente   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chafarinas; Columbretes; Conservation; Disturbance; Ebro delta; Gulls; Kleptoparasitism; Predation; Seabirds

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; DISTURBANCE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; KLEPTOPARASITISM; PREDATION; SEABIRD;

CASTILLA Y LEON; CATALONIA; CHAFARINAS ISLANDS; COLUMBRETES ISLANDS; EBRO DELTA; SPAIN;

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

EID: 0141523026     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2003.67s289     Document Type: Article

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