Rubber shots not as effective as selective culling in deterring gulls from landfill sites

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 142, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 109-115

  Thiériot, Ericka ^a   Molina, Pierre ^b   Giroux, Jean François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Falcon Environmental Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic food; Gulls; Landfill; Larus delawarensis; Pest management; Scaring

Indexed keywords

ANTIFEEDANT; CULLING; FEEDING GROUND; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INJURY; LANDFILL; NOISE; PEST CONTROL; RESIDENT POPULATION; RUBBER; SEABIRD; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CANADA; MONTREAL; QUEBEC [CANADA];

AVES; LARUS DELAWARENSIS;

EID: 84868494299     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2012.09.008     Document Type: Article

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