Interference competition in a threatened seabird community: A paradox for a successful conservation

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1830-1835

  Oro, Daniel ^a   Pérez Rodríguez, Antón ^a   Martínez Vilalta, Albert ^b   Bertolero, Albert ^a,c   Vidal, Francesc ^d   Genovart, Meritxell ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b Zoologia   (Spain)

^c IRTA   (Spain)

^d Parc Natural Del Delta de l'Ebre   (Spain)

Author keywords

Competition; Dispersal; Habitat availability; Seabirds; Spain; Threatened community

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BODY SIZE; BREEDING SITE; DOMINANCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT QUALITY; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; PEST SPECIES; SEABIRD; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CATALONIA; EBRO DELTA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TARRAGONA [CATALONIA];

LARUS AUDOUINII; LARUS MICHAHELLIS;

EID: 67349196489     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.03.023     Document Type: Article

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