Recently-adopted foraging strategies constrain early chick development in a coastal breeding gull

Recently-adopted foraging strategies constrain early chick development in a coastal breeding gull

Human-mediated food sources offer possibilities for novel foraging strategies by opportunistic species. Yet, relative costs and benefits of alternative foraging strategies vary with the abundance, accessibility, predictability and nutritional value of anthropogenic food sources. The extent to which...

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Main Authors: Alejandro Sotillo, Jan M. Baert, Wendt Müller, Eric W.M. Stienen, Amadeu M.V.M. Soares, Luc Lens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2019-07-01
Series:PeerJ
Subjects:
Anthropogenic food
Discard ban
Early development
Opportunistic feeders
Foraging strategies
Gulls
Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/7250.pdf

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