Nesting Ecology and Reproductive Correlates in the Desert-nesting Gray Gull Larus Modestus

• Main Author: Aguilar Pulido, Roberto E. (Roberto Eric)
• Other Authors: Fitzpatrick, Lloyd C.
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: University of North Texas 1993
• Subjects: nesting ecology; desert-nesting gray gull; larus modestus; Gray gull > Chile.; Birds > Chile.
• Online Access: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc279284/

General objectives of my study were to describe the reproductive ecology of gray gulls in the large Lealtad colony, with emphasis on demographic parameters and physiological adaptations of eggs and chicks, which would complete some original objectives established in the early 1980's by Guerra and Fitzpatrick. Specifically, my study focused on describing, then comparing with other desert and non-desert nesting larids, interactive effects of ambient physical conditions and nest-site predation on eggs and chicks.