Riding the tide: Intriguing observations of gulls resting at sea during breeding

Ibis

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 411-415

  Shamoun Baranes, Judy ^a   Bouten, Willem ^a   Camphuysen, Cornelis Jan ^b   Baaij, Edwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Drift; GPS tracking; Larus fuscus; Resting at sea; Tidal current

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SEASON; COLONY; DRIFT FEEDING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GPS; SEA SURFACE; SEABIRD; TIDAL CURRENT; TRACKING;

AVES; LARUS FUSCUS;

EID: 79952725328     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2010.01096.x     Document Type: Article

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