Colonization and population growth of Yellow-legged Gull Larus cachinnans in southeastern Poland: Causes and influence on native species

Ibis

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 471-482

  Skórka, Piotr ^a   Wójcik, Joanna D ^b   Martyka, Rafał ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION OF ANIMALS   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; COLONIZATION; POPULATION GROWTH; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND; WORLD;

CYPRINUS CARPIO; LARUS CACHINNANS; LARUS MICHAHELLIS;

EID: 22744432070     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2005.00415.x     Document Type: Article

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