Hybridization of Herring and Lesser Black-backed Gulls in Britain
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- 1 September 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Bird Study
- Vol. 25 (3), 161-166
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00063657809476590
Abstract
This paper provides the first descriptions of undoubted hybrids of these gulls to be found in Britain. These cases are associated with colonies where there has been experimental ‘cross-fostering’ of eggs, and the rarity of hybrids in relation to the scale of these experiments suggests that such birds are at considerable selective disadvantage.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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