Predation on common tern eggs by the yellow-legged gull at the Ebro Delta

Scientia Marina

Volumn 67, Issue SUPPLEMENT 2, 2003, Pages 95-101

  Hernández Matías, Antonio ^a   Ruiz, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Colonialism; Conservation; Nest losses; Seabird community

Indexed keywords

COLONIALISM; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; EGG PREDATION; PREDATION; SEABIRD;

CATALONIA; EBRO DELTA; SPAIN;

AVES; HIRUNDO; LARIDAE; LARUS; LARUS AUDOUINII; LARUS CACHINNANS; LARUS MICHAHELLIS; STERNA; STERNA HIRUNDO;

EID: 19244368163     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2003.67s295     Document Type: Article

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