Factors affecting egg predation in Black-tailed Gulls

Ecological Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 613-618

  Kazama, Kentaro ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gull; Habitat selection; Nest; Predation; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

EGG PREDATION; HABITAT SELECTION; LAYING DATE; MICROHABITAT; NESTING; PASSERINE; SEABIRD;

AVES; CORVIDAE; CORVUS MACRORHYNCHOS; LARUS CRASSIROSTRIS;

EID: 34347221919     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-006-0064-2     Document Type: Article

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