Inter-colony variation in diet and reproductive performance of great skuas Catharacta skua

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 152, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 285-293

  Phillips, Richard A ^a,b   Catry, Paulo ^a   Thompson, David R ^a   Hamer, Keith C ^b   Furness, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chick growth; Food supply; Foraging effort; Predation; Sandeel; Storm petrel

Indexed keywords

BIRD COLONY; BIRDS; DIET; GREAT SKUA; REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SANDEEL;

FOULA; SCOTLAND; SHETLAND; ST KILDA; UK; WESTERN ISLES;

AMMODYTES MARINUS; ANSER SP.; AVES; CATHARACTA SKUA; CIRRIPEDIA; GALLUS GALLUS; HYDROBATINAE; LEPAS; THORACICA;

EID: 0030858272     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps152285     Document Type: Article

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