Category: Laridae

Radio telemetry as a tool for impact assessment of wind farms: the case of Little Terns Sterna albifrons at Scroby Sands, Norfolk, UK

Little Tern (Sterna antillarum) Science Article 4 abstract Many seabirds travel widely to exploit variably distributed prey resources, utilizing even profitable patches only briefly as prey become available. Assessing the relative importance of areas occupied by wind farms relies on sufficient survey effort to increase the probability of detection and later assessment to an acceptable […]

Habitat selection and nesting association in four species of Charadriiformes in the PoDelta (Italy).

Little Tern (Sterna antillarum) Science Article 2 abstract Colony, nest site selection and interspecific associations of four breeding Charadriiformes werestudied in the Po Delta, Italy, in 1991. Physical characteristics (such as length, size, distance from mainlandand other islands, occurrence of small dunes, etc.) of eighteen islands and two peninsulas were considered;random points were selected on […]

Spatial patterns in at-sea behaviour during spring migration by little gulls( Larus minutus) in the southeastern North Sea

Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus) Science Article 1 abstract At-sea distribution of seabirds has been studied on different scales and with different focus in many parts of the world. However, factors and/or processes causing certain patterns are often not easily explained. This also holds true for fast migrating species of international conservation concern, such as the […]

Spatial patterns in at-sea behaviour during spring migration by little gulls( Larus minutus) in the southeastern North Sea

Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus) Science Article 1 abstract At-sea distribution of seabirds has been studied on different scales and with different focus in many parts of the world. However, factors and/or processes causing certain patterns are often not easily explained. This also holds true for fast migrating species of international conservation concern, such as the […]

Parental condition, brood sex ratio and differential young survival:an experimental study in gulls ( Larus fuscus)

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) Science Article 2 abstract Empirical evidence is growing that the offspring sex ratio in birds can be biased in relation to the body condition of parents during breeding. The sex ratio bias may come about because (1) the actual production of the two sexes may be skewed and/or (2) there […]

The nominate Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus fuscus, a gull with a tern-like feeding biology, and its recent decrease in northern Norway.

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) Science Article 3 abstract In northern Norway, Larus fuscus fuscus feeds mainly offshore on the wing on pelagic fish and fishery discards. It avoids competition with other large gulls for concentrated stationary food sources such as garbage dumps and fish-factories. It is also inferior to the Herring Gull L. argentatus […]

Effects of vegetation on nest microclimate and breeding performanceof lesser black-backed gulls ( Larus fuscus)

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) Science Article 1 abstract For birds that breed in large colonies, the overall area occupied by the colony generally comprises several sub-areas that di.er in physical and social features such as vegetation and breeding density. Birds arriving at a breeding colony select their nesting sites through a hierarchical process of […]

Herring Gull Larus argentatus and Lesser Black-backed Gull L. fuscus feeding at fishing vessels in the breeding season: Competitive scavenging versus efficient flying

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) Science Article 4 abstract The distribution and feeding range of Herring Gulls and Lesser Black-backed Gulls breeding on the Dutch Wadden Sea islands were assessed, using the results of ship-based surveys in the southern North Sea. The occurrence of both species in association with commercial fishing vessels is described in […]

Presence et nidification d’une Sterne voyageuse (Sterna bengalensis) dans unecolonie de Sterne caugek (Sterna sandvicensis) sur Ie Banc d’Arguin (France).

Lesser Crested Tern (Thalasseus bengalensis) Science Article 1 abstract Le Ier juin 1974, je photographiais une Sterne voyageuse (Sternabengalensis) en vol au-dessus de l’importante colonie de Sterne caugek(Sterna sandvicensis) du Banc d’Arguin (Bassin d’Arcachon, littoral atlantiquefranl;ais). Pierre Petit, Ardea, vol. 64, 1976 Download article download full text (pdf)