Interspecific differences in foraging preferences, breeding performance and demography in herring (Larus argentatus) and lesser black-backed gulls (Larus fuscus) at a mixed colony

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 270, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 664-671

  Kim, S Y ^a,b   Monaghan, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Botulism; Fishery discards; Interspecific differences; Population change

Indexed keywords

COLONY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; FISH; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MORTALITY RISK; POPULATION DECLINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

CUMBRIA; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALNEY ISLAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

CLUPEIDAE; LARUS ARGENTATUS; LARUS FUSCUS;

EID: 33751006117     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2006.00155.x     Document Type: Article

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