Supersize me: Does anthropogenic food change the body condition of silver gulls? A comparison between urbanized and remote, non-urbanized areas

Waterbirds

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 122-126

  Auman, Heidi J ^a   Meathrel, Catherine E ^b   Richardson, Alastair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic diet; Body condition; Larus novaehollandiae; Silver Gull; Tasmania; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; FOOD PREFERENCE; RESEARCH WORK; SEABIRD; URBAN AREA;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

AVES; LARUS NOVAEHOLLANDIAE; MYCTEROPERCA FUSCA;

EID: 58149140082     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2008)31[122:SMDAFC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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