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Emily L Weiser, Ph.D. (Former Employee)

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Does garbage in diet improve Glaucous Gull reproductive output? Does garbage in diet improve Glaucous Gull reproductive output?

Anthropogenic subsidies are used by a variety of predators in areas developed for human use or residence. If subsidies promote population growth, these predators can have a negative effect on local prey species. The Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) is an abundant predator in northern Alaska that is believed to benefit from garbage as a supplemental food source, but this supposition has...
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Does garbage in diet improve Glaucous Gull reproductive output? Does garbage in diet improve Glaucous Gull reproductive output?

Anthropogenic subsidies are used by a variety of predators in areas developed for human use or residence. If subsidies promote population growth, these predators can have a negative effect on local prey species. The Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) is an abundant predator in northern Alaska that is believed to benefit from garbage as a supplemental food source, but this supposition has...
Authors
Abby Powell, Emily L. Weiser
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