Herring Gull Larus argentatus and Lesser Black-Backed Gull Larus fuscus in the Kizhi Skerries of Lake Onega

• Published in: Proceedings of the Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences
• Main Authors: Tatiana Khokhlova, Alexandr Artemiev
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Russian
• Published: Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences 2015
• Subjects: herring gull l. a. argentatus; lesser black-backed gull l. fuscus; population dynamics; ecology; Science; Q; Onega; The Skerries; karelia*; Lesser black-backed gull; Republic of Karelia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.17076/bg79; https://doaj.org/article/ac9c6fc9fda445c1a6daefda2180f861

The results of monitoring of three major colonies of large gulls in the Kizhi Skerries of Lake Onega in 1974-2014 are summarized. It is shown that the numbers of the Herring Gull L. a. argentatus Pontopp. have been growing, and the numbers of the Lesser Black- backed Gull L. f. fuscus L. have remain...