Spatial variation in the feeding ecology, foraging ranges, and breeding energetics of northern fulmars in the north-east Atlantic Ocean

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 645-653

  Hamer, K C ^a   Thompson, D R ^b   Gray, C M ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Procellariiform life histories; Seabird fishery interactions; Strategic regulation of body mass

Indexed keywords

BREEDING BIRD; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FORAGING RANGE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC;

FULMARUS GLACIALIS;

EID: 0031200833     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.1997.0242     Document Type: Conference Paper

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