Age and sexual differences in the exploitation of two anthropogenic food resources for an opportunistic seabird

Marine Biology

Volumn 157, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2453-2459

  Navarro, Joan ^a,e   Oro, Daniel ^b   Bertolero, Albert ^c   Genovart, Meritxell ^b   Delgado, Antonio ^d   Forero, Manuela G ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^c IRTA   (Spain)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

^e INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; EXPLOITATION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEABIRD; SEXUAL SELECTION; SURVIVAL;

ASTACOIDEA; LARUS AUDOUINII; PROCAMBARUS CLARKII;

EID: 77957995560     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-010-1509-2     Document Type: Article

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