Predicting dynamics of aggregate loafing behavior in Glaucous-winged Gulls (Larus glaucescens) at a Washington colony

Auk

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 380-390

  Henson, Shandelle M ^a   Hayward, James L ^a   Burden, Christina M ^a   Logan, Clara J ^a   Galusha, Joseph G ^b  

^a ANDREWS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Walla Walla College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIRD; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; SEABIRD;

JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT; NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; LARUS; LARUS GLAUCESCENS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2942622614     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4090402     Document Type: Article

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