Sources of food delivered to ring-billed, herring and great black-backed gull chicks in marine environments

Waterbirds

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 507-513

  McLellan, Nicolas R ^a,b   Shutler, Dave ^b  

^a DUCKS UNLIMITED CANADA   (Canada)

^b ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diet; Great Black backed Gull; Herring Gull; Larus argentatus; Larus delawarensis; Larus marinus; Regurgitant; Ring billed Gull; Salt tolerance; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; CARBON ISOTOPE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; JUVENILE; LENTIC ENVIRONMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RANGE EXPANSION; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SALT WATER; SEABIRD; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CANADA; PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND [CANADA];

CLUPEIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; LARUS ARGENTATUS; LARUS DELAWARENSIS; LARUS MARINUS;

EID: 76749164851     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/063.032.0403     Document Type: Article

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