Relationships Between Black-Legged Kittiwake Nest-Site Characteristics and Susceptibility to Predation by Large Gulls

Abstract We quantified the relationship between Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) nest-site characteristics and risk of predation by Great Black-backed (Larus marinus) and Herring (L. argentatus) Gulls at Gull Island, Newfoundland, Canada, during 1998 and 1999. We monitored kittiwake nesting...

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Published in:The Condor
Main Authors: Massaro, Melanie, Chardine, John W., Jones, Ian L.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2001
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/condor/103.4.793
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