A control taste aversion experiment on predators of roseate tern (Sterna dougallii) eggs

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 259-264

  Neves, V C ^a,b   Panagiotakopoulos, S ^a   Furness, R W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b Graham Kerr Building   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Azores; Control taste aversion; Egg predation; European starling (Sturnus vulgaris); Methiocarb; Yellow legged gull Larus michahellis

Indexed keywords

AVES; COTURNIX; COTURNIX COTURNIX; LARIDAE; LARUS MICHAHELLIS; PHASIANIDAE; STERNA ANTILLARUM BROWNI; STERNA DOUGALLII; STERNA HIRUNDO; STURNIDAE; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 33750994068     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-006-0044-4     Document Type: Article

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