Nest density of the black-headed gull in relation to vegetation

Joanna Burger

doi:10.1080/00063657609476481

Nest density of the black-headed gull in relation to vegetation

Joanna Burger

School of Arts and Sciences, Cell Biology & Neuroscience

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Black-headed Gulls at Ravenglass (Cumbria) show a marked preference for nesting in the cover of marram, which is however replaced by nettles after several years of fertilisation of the dunes by the birds’ guano. The marram recovers some years after desertion of nettle areas, and shifts within the gullery are always from nettle-grown to new marram sites.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	27-32
Number of pages	6
Journal	Bird Study
Volume	23
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00063657609476481
State	Published - Mar 1976

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Nest density of the black-headed gull in relation to vegetation

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