European shag
bird
Also known as: Phalacrocorax aristotelis
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mortality rate
- In pelecaniform: Survival and mortality
In the European shag (P. aristotelis), more than half the young die during this period, although among adults annual mortality is only about 15 percent in males and 20 percent in females. In the British population of the gannet, about 80 percent of the fledglings die before…
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