Experimental evidence for the relationship between food supply, parental effort and chick survival in the Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus

Ibis

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 422-430

  Bukaciński, Dariusz ^a,b   Bukacińska, Monika ^a,b   Spaans, Arie L ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHICK SURVIVAL; FLEDGING SUCCESS; FOOD SUPPLY; LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULF; PARENTAL EFFORT;

LARUS FUSCUS;

EID: 2642644601     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1998.tb04603.x     Document Type: Article

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