Activity patterns and foraging behaviour of Audouin's gulls in the Ebro Delta, NW Mediterranean

Scientia Marina

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 605-614

  Manosa, Santi ^a   Oro, Daniel ^a,b   Ruiz, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Activity patterns; Foraging range; Radiotracking; Seabird; Trawler fisheries

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BIOTELEMETRY; FISHERY DISCARD; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; SEABIRD;

CATALONIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EBRO DELTA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TARRAGONA [CATALONIA]; WORLD;

AVES; CLUPEIFORMES; LARUS; LARUS AUDOUINII;

EID: 13244275311     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2004.68n4605     Document Type: Article

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