Annual variation in numbers of breeding California Gulls at Mono Lake, California: The importance of natal philopatry and local and regional conditions

Condor

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 82-96

  Wrege, Peter H ^a   Shuford, W David ^b   Winkler, David W ^a   Jellison, Robert ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding numbers; California Gull; Constraints; Larus californicus; Pacific Decadal Oscillation; Philopatry; Prey

Indexed keywords

ANOSTRACA; ARTEMIA; ARTEMIA MONICA; LARUS CALIFORNICUS;

EID: 32344435169     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2006)108[0082:AVINOB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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