Determinants of local recruitment in a growing colony of Audouin's gull

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 119-132

  Daniel, Oro ^a,b,c   Pradel, Roger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colony size; Dispersal; Food availability; Larus audouinii; Predation

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; COLONY; PREDATION; RECRUITMENT; SEABIRD;

SPAIN;

LARUS AUDOUINII;

EID: 0342471002     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2000.00379.x     Document Type: Article

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