Effect of interannual variations in sea-surface temperature on egg-laying parameters of black-tailed gulls (Larus crassirostris) at Teuri Island, Japan

Ecological Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 157-162

  Tomita, Naoki ^a   Niizuma, Yasuaki ^b   Takagi, Masaoki ^a   Ito, Motohiro ^c   Watanuki, Yutaka ^c  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b MEIJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Egg laying date; Gull; SST; Thysanoessa inermis

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CRUSTACEAN; EGG PRODUCTION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; ISLAND; LAYING DATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEABIRD; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOKKAIDO; JAPAN; TEURI ISLAND;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIACEA; LARUS CRASSIROSTRIS; THYSANOESSA INERMIS;

EID: 62349121048     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-008-0493-1     Document Type: Article

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