Diet specialization of Olrog's Gull Larus atlanticus during the breeding season at Golfo San Jorge, Argentina

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 89-97

  Herrera, Gonzalo ^a   Punta, Gabriel ^a   Yorio, Pablo ^b  

^a Dirección General de Intereses Marítimos Y Pesca Continental   (Argentina)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; CRAB; DIET; SEABIRD;

ARGENTINA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; SAN JORGE GULF; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ATLANTICUS; CYRTOGRAPSUS ALTIMANUS; CYRTOGRAPSUS ANGULATUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LARUS ATLANTICUS;

EID: 18644374855     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270905000079     Document Type: Article

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