Testing the efficacy of deterring systems in two gull species

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 110, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 330-340

  Soldatini, Cecilia ^a   Albores Barajas, Yuri Vladimir ^b   Torricelli, Patrizia ^a   Mainardi, Danilo ^a  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic food; Gull; Habituation; Larus michahellis; Larus ridibundus; Non lethal deterrent; Pest management; Refuse dump

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HABITUATION; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; SEABIRD; TESTING METHOD;

LARUS MICHAHELLIS; LARUS RIDIBUNDUS;

EID: 39749175108     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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