Lesser Black-backed Gulls Larus fuscus nesting in an inland urban colony: The importance of earthworms (Lumbricidae) in their diet

Bird Study

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 297-303

  Coulson, John C ^a   Coulson, Becky A ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; EARTHWORM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CONSUMPTION; SEABIRD; URBAN AREA;

DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; HEXAPODA; LARUS FUSCUS; LUMBRICIDAE;

EID: 56749156828     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650809461535     Document Type: Article

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