Recent Trends of the Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus) in South Africa

Waterbirds

Volumn 39, Issue sp1, 2016, Pages 99-113

  Whittington, Philip A ^a,b   Ford, Robert J M Craw ^c,d   Martin, A Paul ^a   Randall, Rod M ^e   Brown, Mark ^f   Ryan, Peter G ^d   Dyer, Bruce M ^c   Harrison, Keith H B ^g   Huisamen, Johan ^h   Makhado, Azwianewi B ^c   Upfold, Leshia ^c   Waller, Lauren J ^d,h   Witteveen, Minke ^d  

^a NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b East London Museum   (South Africa)

^c V and A Waterfront   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^g Assegaaibosch Nature Reserve ^*  (South Africa)

^h CAPENATURE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

distribution change; food; Kelp Gull; Larus dominicanus; natural predation; population control; population trend.

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BREEDING POPULATION; COLONIAL ORGANISM; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; GENERALIST; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION REGULATION; PREDATION RISK; SEABIRD;

ALGOA BAY; ANTARCTICA; BIRD ISLAND [SOUTH GEORGIA]; CAPE TOWN; DYER ISLAND; EASTERN CAPE; MAINLAND [SHETLAND]; SCOTLAND; SHETLAND; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH GEORGIA; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN CAPE;

AVES; LARUS DOMINICANUS; PELECANIDAE; PELECANUS ONOCROTALUS;

EID: 84978120913     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/063.039.sp102     Document Type: Article

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