The impact of mass outbreaks of black flies (Simuliidae) on the parental behaviour and breeding output of colonial common gulls (Larus canus)

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 43-49

  Bukaciński, Dariusz ^a   Bukacińska, Monika ^a  

^a POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY; PARENTAL CARE; PEST OUTBREAK; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD;

POLAND;

DIPTERA; LARUS CANUS; SIMULIIDAE;

EID: 0342313854     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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