Post-fledging dispersal of Common Guillemots Uria aalge guarding chicks in the North Sea: The effect of predator presence and prey availability at sea

Ardea

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 103-119

  Camphuysen, Kees ^a,b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b CSR Consultancy   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chick dispersal; Feeding conditions; Fledging; Moult; Nest site defence; North Sea; Parental care; Predator presence; Uria aalge

Indexed keywords

FLEDGING; MOLT; NATAL DISPERSAL; NEST GUARDING; PARENTAL CARE; PREDATION RISK; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEABIRD;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

AVES; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; LARIDAE; URIA; URIA AALGE;

EID: 0012616473     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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