Urbanization of the silver gull: Evidence of anthropogenic feeding regimes from stable isotope analyses

Waterbirds

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 70-76

  Auman, Heidi J ^a,d   Bond, Alexander L ^b   Meathrel, Catherine E ^c   Richardson, Alastair M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic diet; Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae; Silver Gull; stable isotopes; Tasmania; urbanization

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD WEB; HEALTH IMPACT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC RATIO; POPULATION GROWTH; SEABIRD; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC LEVEL; URBANIZATION;

AUSTRALIA; BASS STRAIT; HOBART; TASMANIA;

AVES; LARUS NOVAEHOLLANDIAE; MYCTEROPERCA FUSCA;

EID: 79953644725     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/063.034.0108     Document Type: Article

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