Variation in human disturbance differentially affects predation risk assessment in Western Gulls

Condor

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 178-181

  Webb, Nicolaas V ^a   Blumstein, Daniel T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Flight initiation distance; Human disturbance; Larus occidentalis; Predation risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; LARUS OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 13844275701     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/7607     Document Type: Article

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