Unforeseen effects of ecosystem restoration on yellow-legged gulls in a small western Mediterranean island

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 219-224

  Martínez Abraín, Alejandro ^a,b   Sarzo, B ^b   Villuendas, E ^b   Bartolome M A ^b   Minguez E ^c   Oro, D ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b Ctro Recuperacion Fauna G El Saler ^*  (Spain)

^c MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alien species; Benidorm; Ecosystem management; Island restoration; Larus michahellis; Unforeseen effects; Yellow legged gull

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; CONSERVATION; FOOD PRODUCTS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PLANNING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOILS; VEGETATION;

BENIDORM ISLAND; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; YELLOW-LEGGED GULLS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; HABITAT RESTORATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; VEGETATION COVER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; EGG SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); NESTING; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PREDATION; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TOURISM; VEGETATION;

ALICANTE [COMUNIDAD VALENCIA]; BENIDORM ISLAND; COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

LARUS; LARUS MICHAHELLIS; OPUNTIA;

EID: 13244287673     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892904001456     Document Type: Article

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