Reduced availability of refuse and breeding output in a herring gull (Larus argentatus) colony

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-42

  Kilpi, Mikael ^a   Öst, Markus ^a  

^a Zoological Laboratory ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD AVAILABILITY; GARBAGE DUMP; REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE;

FINLAND;

LARUS ARGENTATUS;

EID: 0345698204     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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