Foraging movements of Audouin's gull (Larus audouinii) in the Ebro Delta, NW Mediterranean: A preliminary satellite-tracking study

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 257-261

  Christel, Isadora ^a,b   Navarro, Joan ^c   del Castillo, Marcos ^d   Cama, Albert ^a,b   Ferrer, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^d NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ebro Delta; Foraging activity; Foraging distribution; Habitat use; Marine birds; Marine habitat; Mediterranean Sea; Rice fields

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACTIVITY PATTERN; BREEDING POPULATION; DIET; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EXPLOITATION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE RESOURCE; MOVEMENT; PADDY FIELD; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDATOR; SATELLITE DATA; SEABIRD; TAGGING;

CATALONIA; EBRO DELTA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST); SPAIN; TARRAGONA [CATALONIA];

ASTACOIDEA; AVES; LARUS AUDOUINII; PROCAMBARUS CLARKII;

EID: 84655164302     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2011.11.019     Document Type: Article

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