Kelp gulls attack Southern right whales: A conservation concern?

Marine Biology

Volumn 159, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1981-1990

  Fazio, Ana ^a   Bertellotti, Marcelo ^a,b   Villanueva, Cecilia ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^b Wild Earth Foundation   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; BREEDING SITE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEABIRD; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WHALE; WIND VELOCITY;

ARGENTINA; CHUBUT; VALDES PENINSULA;

BALAENIDAE; CETACEA; EUBALAENA AUSTRALIS; LARUS DOMINICANUS;

EID: 84865821326     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-012-1985-7     Document Type: Article

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