Predator-prey interactions between great black-backed gulls (Larus marinus) and puffins (Fratercula arctica L.), and the evolutionary significance of puffin grouping behaviour

• Main Author: Taylor, G. Kenneth
• Other Authors: Prescott, R. G. W., Harris, Michael P., Science Research Council (Great Britain)
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of St Andrews 2018
• Subjects: QL698.3T2; Birds—Behavior; Dun; fratercula; Fratercula arctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10023/15074

The alms of this study were to quantify various aspects of predator-prey interactions between Great Black Backed Gulls (Larus marinus) and Common Puffins (Frateroula arotica Le) in order to assess the possible long term effects of predation by gulls on a single Puffin colony and to examine the possi...