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DENSITIES OF ARTHROPOD POPULATIONS IN NESTS OF RING-BILLED GULLS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

John P. Ryder  and
Richard Freitag
John P. Ryder
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario
Richard Freitag
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario
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Abstract

Arthropod population densities were evaluated from nests of colonial ring-billed gulls (Larus delawarensis). Each nest was considered as being an island microhabitat in which a measurable population was concentrated. Despite significantly greater numbers of arthropods in larger than in smaller gull nests, population densities per nest dry weight were similar.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 106 , Issue 9 , September 1974 , pp. 913 - 916
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1974

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