Prey resources, competition, and geographic structure of Kittiwake colonies in Prince William Sound

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 709-723

  Ainley, David G ^a   Ford, R Glenn ^b   Brown, Evelyn D ^c   Suryan, Robert M ^d,e   Irons, David B ^d  

^a H T HARVEY AND ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b R G Ford Consulting   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammodytes hexapterus; Black legged Kittiwake; Clupea pallasi; Colonial seabird; Colony geographic structure; Colony size; Foraging density; Foraging range; Interference competition; Pacific herring; Pacific sand lance; Rissa tridactyla

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; COLONY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREY AVAILABILITY; RADIOTELEMETRY; RANGE SIZE; SEABIRD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ALASKA; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; UNITED STATES;

AMMODYTES; AMMODYTES HEXAPTERUS; AMMODYTES MARINUS; AVES; CLUPEA; CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEA PALLASI; LARUS; RISSA TRIDACTYLA;

EID: 0013339908     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2003)084[0709:PRCAGS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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