| Titre : | Dovekie response to Glaucous Gull behaviour and approach in North Greenland |
| Auteurs : | Kurt K. Burnham, Auteur ; William Burnham, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Dansk Ornitologisk Forenings Tidsskrift (99(2) 2005) |
| Article en page(s) : | 115-118 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Résumé : | Dovekies Alle alle form breeding colonies of thousands of birds in North Greenland. One of their major predators, the Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus, attacks Dovekies while they attend their breeding colony. We found that Dovekies at the edge and at the center of the breeding colony responded similarly to gulls. Dovekies were significantly more likely to evacuate the colony when a gull approached low to medium in height ( |



