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Adoption of Strange Chicks by Herring Gulls, Larus argentatus L
Author(s) -
GRAVES J. A.,
WHITEN A.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
zeitschrift für tierpsychologie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.739
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1439-0310
pISSN - 0044-3573
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1980.tb01244.x
Subject(s) - larus , herring , herring gull , fishery , population , zoology , incidence (geometry) , biology , demography , fish <actinopterygii> , mathematics , sociology , geometry
Adoption of young by unrelated adults is expected to be rare in natural populations, yet a high incidence was observed in a population of Herring Gulls on the Isle of May, Scotland. The means whereby rejection was avoided, and the resulting costs and benefits to adopting parents and adopted chicks, are described.