Temporal variation in terrestrial invertebrate consumption by laughing gulls in New York

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 442-454

  Bernhardt, Glen E ^a   Kutschbach Brohl, Lisa ^a   Washburn, Brian E ^a   Chipman, Richard B ^b   Francoeur, Laura C ^c  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; AIRPORT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DIET; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; INVERTEBRATE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; SEABIRD; STOMACH CONTENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; LARUS ATRICILLA; POACEAE;

EID: 77949523318     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031-163.2.442     Document Type: Article

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