Diet of Black-legged Kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) feeding chicks at two Irish colonies highlights the importance of clupeids

Bird Study

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 363-367

  Chivers, Lorraine S ^a   Lundy, Mathieu G ^a   Colhoun, Kendrew ^b   Newton, Stephen F ^c   Reid, Neil ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^c BIRDWATCH IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; DIET; POULTRY; REARING; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SAMPLING;

IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84865218504     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2012.707638     Document Type: Article

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