Differential use of food resources between the kelp gull Larus Dominicanus and the threatened olrog's gull L. atlanticus

Ardeola

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 29-44

  Yorio, Pablo ^a,b   Marinao, Cristian ^a   Retana, María Valeria ^a   Suárez, Nicolás ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^b Wildlife Conservation Society Argentina ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Coastal fisheries; Diet; Prey partitioning; Seabirds

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879980704     PISSN: 05707358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13157/arla.60.1.2012.29     Document Type: Article

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