Conspecific food competition explains variability in colony size: A test in Magellanic Penguins

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 3466-3475

  Forero, M G ^a   Tella, J L ^b   Hobson, K A ^c   Bertellotti, M ^d   Blanco, G ^e  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^e INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breeding success; Colony size; Intraspecific food depletion; Magellanic Penguin; Offspring viability; Patagonia; Population structure; Seabirds; Spheniscus magellanicus; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

COLONY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; POPULATION SIZE; SEABIRD;

ANCHOA; AVES; SPHENISCIDAE; SPHENISCUS MAGELLANICUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0009550420     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[3466:CFCEVI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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