Between the Herring Gull Larus argentatus and the bulldozer: Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus feeding sites on a refuse dump

Ornis Fennica

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 166-171

  Bellebaum, Jochen ^a,b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b Institut für Angewandte Ökologie GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; FEEDING; REFUSE; SEABIRD;

CLUPEA HARENGUS; LARUS ARGENTATUS; LARUS RIDIBUNDUS;

EID: 29744454937     PISSN: 00305685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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