Habitat and nest site selection in the Common Gull Larus canus in southern Poland: Significance of man-made habitats for conservation of an endangered species

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 137-144

  Skórka, Piotr ^a   Martyka, Rafał ^b   Wójcik, Joanna D ^c   Babiarz, Tomasz ^b   Skórka, Janusz ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF NATURE CONSERVATION   (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION OF ANIMALS   (Poland)

^d NONE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Breeding biology; Common Gull; Habitat selection; Larus canus; Man made habitats; Nest sites; Nest size

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING SITE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT SELECTION; NEST SITE; RARE SPECIES; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SITE SELECTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND;

AVES; LARUS CANUS;

EID: 33846834121     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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