Roof nesting by gulls for better or worse?

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 295-303

  Soldatini, Cecilia ^a   Albores Barajas, Y V ^b   Mainardi, D ^a   Monaghan, P ^b  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breeding success; Gull; Roof nesting; Sex ratio; Urban habitat

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING SEASON; COLONY STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX RATIO; URBAN AREA;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VENETO; VENEZIA [VENETO]; VENICE;

AVES; LARUS MICHAHELLIS;

EID: 46649107521     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250000701884805     Document Type: Article

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