Nest attributes, aggression, and breeding success of gulls in single and mixed species subcolonies

Condor

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 211-219

  Ellis, Julie C ^a,c   Good, Thomas P ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Interspecific competition; Larus argentatus; Larus marinus; Mixed species colonies; Nest characteristics; Population trends

Indexed keywords

CLUPEA HARENGUS; LARUS ARGENTATUS; LARUS MARINUS;

EID: 32344443008     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2006)108[0211:NAAABS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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