Feeding ecology of yellow-legged gulls Larus michahellis in the western Mediterranean: A comparative assessment using conventional and isotopic methods

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 377, Issue , 2009, Pages 289-297

  Ramos, Raül ^a   Ramírez, Francisco ^a   Sanpera, Carolina ^a   Jover, Lluís ^a   Ruiz, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbon 13; Mixing models; Nitrogen 15; Regurgitate; Sulphur 34

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; DIGESTIBILITY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FEEDING ECOLOGY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEABIRD;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST);

AVES; LARUS MICHAHELLIS;

EID: 62149148792     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07792     Document Type: Article

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