Foraging ecology and interactions between Herring Gulls and Great Black-backed Gulls in New England

Waterbirds

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 200-210

  Rome, Michelle S ^a   Ellis, Julie C ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian diet; Cancer borealis; Foraging; Great Black backed Gull; Herring Gull; Larus argentatus; Larus marinus; Rocky intertidal; Seabird

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; PREY PREFERENCE; SEABIRD;

NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; CANCER BOREALIS; CLUPEA HARENGUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GALLIFORMES; INVERTEBRATA; LARUS; LARUS ARGENTATUS; LARUS MARINUS;

EID: 2942648091     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2004)027[0200:FEAIBH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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