Technique-Dependent Biases in Determination of Diet Composition: An Example with Ring-Billed Gulls
- 1 February 1996
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Ornithological Applications
- Vol. 98 (1) , 34-41
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1369505
Abstract
We compared the diet of Ring-billed Gulls during the nestling period using two simultaneous sampling methods: pellets regurgitated by adults and direct observat...Keywords
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