Seasonal and Age-Dependent Dietary Partitioning between the Great Black-Backed and Herring Gulls

• Published in: The Condor
• Main Authors: Rolanda J. Steenweg, Robert A. Ronconi, Marty L. Leonard
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: American Ornithological Society 2011
• Subjects: Canada; Island Bay; Kent Island; Meganyctiphanes norvegica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1525/cond.2011.110004

Studies of seabird diets may reveal subtle ways in which sympatric species partition resources to facilitate co-existence. We studied the variability and partitioning of diets between the Herring (Larus argentatus) and Great Black-backed Gulls (L. marinus), both generalist predators, during incubati...