Activity pattern of foraging in the wandering albatross: A marine predator with two modes of prey searching

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 151, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 245-254

  Weimerskirch, Henri ^a   Wilson, Rory P ^b   Lys, Patrice ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Foraging success; Prey distribution; Satellite tracking; Seabird; Squid

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ACTIVITY PATTERNS; BIRDS; FORAGING; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; PREY SELECTION; SEARCHING BEHAVIOUR; WANDERING ALBATROSS;

DIOMEDEA EXULANS;

EID: 0030618566     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps151245     Document Type: Article

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