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Closely related gull species show contrasting foraging strategies in an urban environment
Scientific Reports, 2021 The expansion of urban landscapes has both negative and positive effects on wildlife. Understanding how different species respond to urbanization is key to assessing how urban landscapes influence regional wildlife behavior and ecosystem structure. Gulls
K. A. Lato +3 more
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 European gulls Chroicocephalus ridibundus, Larus canus, and L. graellsii have dispersed to North America and C. ridibundus and L. graellsii have bred or attempted to breed. North American gulls L. delawarensis, Leucophaeus atricilla, Leucophaeus pipixcan,
Marlen Acosta Alamo +5 more
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Parasitologia, 2023 The common gull (Larus canus) and the black-headed gull (Larus ridibundus) are common waterbird species in Lithuania. Until now, the composition of Sarcocystis species in these birds was unknown. The current study aimed to identify Sarcocystis spp.
Evelina Juozaitytė-Ngugu, Petras Prakas
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Ecology and Evolution, 2020 Using GPS loggers, we examined the influence of colony, sex, and bird identity on foraging flight characteristics of black‐headed gulls Chroicocephalus ridibundus during the incubation period. We studied tracks of 36 individuals breeding in one urban and
Dariusz Jakubas +4 more
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Foraging movements of breeding Kelp Gulls in South Africa
Movement Ecology, 2020 Background Kelp Gulls Larus dominicanus are one of the most abundant gulls in the Southern Hemisphere and can play an important role in their ecosystem.
Katharina Reusch +3 more
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Adapting Strategies to Maintain Efficiency During a Cull of Yellow-Legged Gulls
Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2017 Increasing populations of yellow-legged gulls (Larus michahellis) in the Mediterranean have created conflicts with seabird conservation, migrating raptors, and humans. As a mitigation measure, gulls are routinely culled in the region. Previous studies of
Sugoto Roy +5 more
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Breeding in a den of thieves: pros and cons of nesting close to egg predators
Ecosphere, 2016 Breeding success of many Arctic‐breeding bird populations varies with lemming cycles due to prey switching behavior of generalist predators. Several bird species breed on islands to escape from generalist predators like Arctic fox Vulpes lagopus, but ...
Jimmy deFouw +8 more
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Microplastics in Seabird Feces from Coastal Areas of Central Chile
Animals, 2023 Pollution from plastic waste thrown into the ocean affects all levels of the food chain. Marine species of birds are affected by plastic particles of different sizes, especially the mesoplastics (1 to 10 mm) found in their digestive tract, which mainly ...
Sebastian Mendez-Sanhueza +6 more
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Influenza A viruses in gulls in landfills and freshwater habitats in Minnesota, United States
Frontiers in Genetics, 2023 Introduction: The unpredictable evolution of avian influenza viruses (AIVs) presents an ongoing threat to agricultural production and public and wildlife health.
Elizabeth A. Rasmussen +6 more
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The impact of non–local birds on yellow–legged gulls (Larus michahellis) in the Bay of Biscay: a dump–based assessment [PDF]
Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 2014 Understanding how animals exploit non–natural feeding sources such as garbage dumps is necessary from many perspectives, including conservation, and population dynamics and management.
Jordi, O. +4 more
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