Can rats prey on gull eggs? An experimental approach

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2477-2486

  Prieto, Jordi ^a   González Solís, Jacob ^a   Ruiz, Xavier ^a   Jover, Lluís ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Artificial nests; Gull productivity; Introduced rats; Nest predation; Rattus rattus; Seabird conservation

Indexed keywords

INTRODUCED SPECIES; NEST PREDATION; REPRODUCTION; RODENT; SEABIRD; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

SPAIN;

AVES; LARUS AUDOUINII; LARUS CACHINNANS; LARUS MICHAHELLIS; RATTUS RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0242307872     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025825924678     Document Type: Article

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