The influence of food availability on the breeding effort and reproductive success of Arctic Skuas Stercorarius parasiticus

Ibis

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 410-419

  Phillips, R A ^a   Caldow, R W G ^a,b   Furness, R W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STERCORARIUS PARASITICUS;

BREEDING EFFORT; BREEDING SUCCESS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOUR;

UK, SCOTLAND, SHETLAND ISLANDS;

EID: 0029668845     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1996.tb08059.x     Document Type: Article

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