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Larus fuscus

Is it possible to identify Baltic and Heuglin’s Gull?

Chris Gibbins

In Birding Scotland 2004

Eerste geval van overwinterende Baltische Mantelmeeuw in Nederland. [in Dutch, English summary]

Klaas van Dijk

Limosa 81: 151-153 (2008).

The primary moult of the Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus).

Peter Stewart

Severn Estuary Gull Group 2006

The changing status of the Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus in Ireland.

G.A. Creme, P.M. Walsh, M. O’Callaghan & T.C. Kelly

In Biol and Envir Proc of the Royal Irish Academy 1997

Moult plates coming with: The primary moult of the Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus).

Peter Stewart

Severn Estuary Gull Group 2006

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

R.G. Nager, P. Lonaghan, D.C. Houston & M. Genovart

In Behav Ecol SocioBiol 2000

The influence of colour-rings on recovery rates of Herring and Lesser Black-backed Gulls.

C. B. Shedden, P. Monaghan, K. Ensor and N. B. Metcalfe

In Ringing and Migration 1985

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Intra-specific interactions influence egg composition in the Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus).

N. Verboven, N.P. Evans, L. D’Alba, R.G. Nager, J.D. Blount, P.F. Surai & P. Monaghan

In Behav Ecol SocioBiol 2005

Identification update: moult variability in 3rd calendar-year Lesser Black-backed Gulls. (draft)

T. Muusse, M. Muusse, B-J. Luijendijk & R. Altenburg

In Birding World 2005

De voedselkeuze van Kleine Mantelmeeuwen en Zilvermeeuwen en andere indicaties die aanwijzingen geven over het ruimtegebruik van deze vogelsoorten in de Noordhollandse kustwateren.

NIOZ report by Kees (CJ) Camphuysen, Jacintha van Dijk, Hans Witte & Nora Spaans.

SEAPOP short report 2009-9. Studies of lesser black-backed gulls in northern Norway. Jan Ove Bustnes. Migration patterns of adult and juvenile Lesser Black-backed Gulls Larus fuscus from northern Norway.

Morten Helberg et all. Ardea 97 (3) 2009.

Age-related migration patterns in Larus fuscus spp.

Marques, Costa, Rock & Jorge.

acta ethologica 12:2, 87-92.

Breeding by a Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) on the Atlantic coast of North America.

Julie C Ellis, Mary Caswell Stoddard, L William Clark

North American Birds Vol 61 (2007) - 4

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

Karl-Birger Strann & Wim Vader

Ardea 80 (1) - 1992.

Larus argentatus

Raum - Zeit - Strategien der Silbermowe Larus argentatus und verwandter Taxa im westlichen Ostseeraum

Ronald Klein

Dissertation Universitat Rostock 2001

Variably plumaged Icelandic Herring Gulls: high intraspecific variation in a founded population.

Richard R. Snell

In The Auk 1993

Identifying the sex of Massachusetts Herring Gulls by linear measurements.

Daniel R. Evans & Paul M. Cavanagh

In J Field Ornithol 1995

Scandinavian Herring Gulls wintering in Britain.

J. C. Coulson, P. Monaghan, J. E. L. Butterfield, N. Duncan, K. Ensor, C. Shedden & C. Thomas

Ornis Scand. 15: 79-88.

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Intergradation between the Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) and the Southern Herring Gull (Larus cachinnans) in European Russia.

E.N. Panov & D.G. Monzikov

In Russ J Zool 1999

Reduced availability of refuse and breeding output in a herring gull (Larus argentatus) colony.

Mikael Kilpi & Markus Ost

In Ann Zool Fennici 1998

Unequal sex ratio’s and their consequences in Herring Gull (Larus argentatus).

Joanna Burger & Michael Gochfeld

In Behav Ecol SocioBiol 1981

Comparative biology and behavior of monogamous pairs and one male-two female trios in Herring Gulls.

Mary A. Fitch & Gary W. Shugart

In Behav Ecol SocioBiol 1983

Is asynchronous hatching adaptive in herring gulls (Larus argentatus)?

Lars Hillstrom, Mikael Kilpi & Kai Lindstrom

In Behav Ecol SocioBiol 2000

Gulls along the Belgian coast. With focus on Herring Gull and Lesser Black-backed Gull.

Thesis Ghent University by Davy Bosman.

Breeding of the Herring Gull in the mouth of river Piasina (Taimyr).

V.I. Grabovsky

Field research from June-July 1990. In Russian and English.

Identification of American Herring Gull in a western European context.

Lonergan, P, and Mullarney, K.

Dutch Birding 2004 - 26: 1-35

Larus canus

European Union Management Plan 2009-2011 - Larus canus

Technical report 2009 - 035

Natura 2000

Movements and survival areas of Finnish common gulls Larus canus

M Kilpi & P Saurola

Ann Zool Fennici 22 - 1985: 157-168

Ostliga fiskmasars (Larus canus heinei) upptradande i Oresundsregionen.
[english summary]

K Bengtsson & K T Pedersen

Ornis Svecica 8: 145-156 (1998)

The primary moult in four gull species near Amsterdam (incl Larus canus)

J. Walters

Ardea 66 - 1978

Habitat and nest-site selection in the Common Gull Larus canus in southern Poland: significance of man-made habitats for conservation of an endangered species.

Skórka, P., J. D. Wójcik, R. Martyka, T. Babiarz, and J. Skórka. .

Acta Ornithologica 2006 - 41: 137–144.

Ruim 33 jaar oude Stormmeeuw in Groningen.

Klaas van Dijk & Derick Hiemstra.

Dutch Birding 26: 301-304 (2004)

Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus, Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus and Common Gull Larus canus as breeding birds in Flanders, Belgium

GLENN VERMEERSCH, RENAUD FLAMANT & ANNY ANSELIN

Oriolus 68 - 3.

Larus michahellis & cachinnans

Sexual size dimorphism and determination of sex in Atlantic Yellow-legged Gulls Larus michahellis lusitanius from northern Spain.

Galarza, Hidalgo, Ocio & Rodriquez.

Ardeola 55: 41-47, 2008.

Geelpootmeeuwcomplex van IJmuiden: in hoeverre zijn geelpootmeeuwen echte Geelpootmeeuwen?

Fred Cottaar.

Dutch Birding 26: 36-42 (2004).

Sex differentiation of Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis lusitanius): the use of biometrics, bill morphometrics, and wing tip coloration.

Arizaga, Aldalur, Herrero & Galicia.

Waterbirds 31(2): 211-219 (2008).

Mittelmeermoewen (Larus michahellis) und Steppenmoewen (Larus cachinnans). In German.

Martin Gottschling

Der Falke 51 - 2004

Die Kennzeichen und das Vorkommen der Weißkopfmöwe Larus cachinnans in Europa

(Link to the original webpage of Limicola)

by: Detlef Gruber

Limicola 1995, Heft 3

Die Bestimmung und taxonomische Stellung der in Mitteleuropa auftretenden Weißkopfmöwen Larus cachinnans

(Link to the original webpage of Limicola)

Ronald Klein und Detlef Gruber:

Limicola Jahrgang 1997, Heft 2

Colonization and population growth of Yellow-legged Gull Larus cachinnans in southeastern Poland: causes and influence on native species.

Skórka, P., J. D. Wójcik, and R. Martyka.

Ibis 2005 - 147: 471-482.

Other taxa

Carotenoid coloration in Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus reflects individual quality.

Kai O. Kristiansen, Jan O. Bustnes, Ivar Folstad & Morten Helberg

In Journal of Avian Biology 2006

The “Chandeleur” Gull, origins and identification of Kelp x Herring Gull hybrids

Donna L. Dittmann & Steven W. Cardiff

In Birding 2005

Sexual differences in the external measurements of Black-tailed Gull breeding on Rishiri Island, Japan.

Michiyo Chochi, Yasuaki Niizuma & Masaoki Takagi

In Ornithol Sci 2002

Invloed van vangmethode op de waargeneomen sexratio bij broedende Kokmeeuwen op Griend.

Klaas van Dijk & Rene Oosterhuis.

Limosa 81: 94-97 (2008)
English summary.

Removal of primary remiges and its effect on the flying ability of Glaucous-winged Gulls.

Nicolaas A.M. Verbeek & Joan L. Morgan

In Condor 1980

Sex- and age-related biometric variation in Black-headed Gulls (Larus ridibundus) in Western European populations.

Palomares, Arroyo, Marchamalo, Sainz & Voslamber.

Bird Study 1997, 44: 310-317.

A note on large white-headed gulls in Iran.

Derek A Scott.

Podoces 2007, 2: 143-145.

Differential daytime distribution by age in Black-headde Gull (Larus ridibundus): adult physical dominance or competitive superiority?

H Kallander & L Rosenkvist.

Ibis 142: 491-494 (2000).

Hybridization of Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) and Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) in Iceland: mitochondrial and microsatellite data.

Vigfusdottir, Palsson & Ingolfsson.

Phil Trans R Soc B (2008)

"Systematische" beschouwingen naar aanleiding van de waarneming van een Heuglins Geelpootzilvermeeuw, Larus cachinnans heuglini Bree, in Nederland.

J. Kist

Ardea, Juni 1961.

(and continued)

Phylogeny
Slow rate of Evoloution in the Mitochondrial Control Regions of Gulls (Aves: Laridae).

Pierre-Andre Crochet & Eric Desmarais

In Mol Biol Evol 2000

The Beringian Connection: Speciation in the Herring Gull assemblage in North America.

Peter de Knijff

Birding, July/August 2005.

Molecular phylogeny and plumage evolution in gulls (Larini).

P-A. Crochet, F. Bonhomme & J-D. Lebreton

In J Evol Biol 2000

Phylogeographische Differnzierung und Verwantschaftsbeziehungen von Grossmowen der Larus argentatus - fuscus - cachinnans Gruppe: Untersuchungen anderhand von DNA-Sequenzen der mitochondrialen Controll region.

Dissertation von Dorit Liebers.

17 Juni 2000.

Genetic differentiation at nuclear and mitochondrial loci among large white-headed gulls: sex-biased interspecific gene flow?

P-A.Crochet, J.Z. Chen, J-M. Pons, J-D. Lebreton, P.D.N. Hebert & F. Bonhomme

In Evolution 2003

The Herring Gull complex is not a ring species.

D Liebers, P de Knijff, A J Helbig.

Proc R Soc Lond B (2004): 271: 893-901.

Systematics of large white-headed gulls: patterns of mitochondrial DNA variation in western European taxa.

P-A.Crochet, J-D. Lebreton, & F. Bonhomme

In The Auk 2002

Genetic affinities within the Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) assemblage revealed by AFLP Genotyping.

P de Knijff, F Denkers, N van Swelm & M Kuiper.

J Mol Evol (2001) 52: 85-93.

Age-specific survivorship in relation to clutch size and fledging succes in Carlifonia Gulls.

Bruce H. Pugesek

In Behav Ecol SocioBiol 1987

Birds of a feather flock together.

Peter Rock

In Envir Health Journ 2003

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