A comparison of two methods to estimate breeding productivity in a colonial ground-nesting gull Larus cachinnans

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-74

  Martínez Abraín, Alejandro ^a   Oro, Daniel ^a   Izquierdo, Juanjo ^b   Ferrís, Vicente ^c   Belenguer, Roque ^c  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b Programa LIFE   (Spain)

^c Generalitat Valenciana   (Spain)

Author keywords

Census counts; Larus cachinnans; Mark recapture estimates; Yellow legged Gulls

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; REPRODUCTION; SEABIRD;

ALICANTE [COMUNIDAD VALENCIA]; BENIDORM ISLAND; CASTELLON; COLUMBRETES; COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; LARUS; LARUS CACHINNANS; LARUS MICHAHELLIS; VALENCIA;

EID: 1942539353     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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