Varying chick mortality in an organochlorine-"strained" population of the nominate Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus f. fuscus in the Baltic Sea

Ornis Fennica

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-13

  Hario, Martti ^a   Nuutinen, Jari M J ^b  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; BREEDING SITE; DIET; FLEDGING; MORTALITY; ORGANOCHLORINE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POPULATION DECLINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SAMPLING; SEABIRD;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

LARUS; LARUS FUSCUS FUSCUS;

EID: 79953851882     PISSN: 00305685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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