Cape fur seal Arctocephalus pusillus predation on Cape Cormorants Phalacrocorax capensis and other birds at Dyer Island, South Africa

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 9-12

  Marks, M A ^a,b   Brooke, R K ^a   Gildenhuys, A M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^c CAPENATURE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BREEDING SEASON; PREDATION; PREDATOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SEABIRD; SEAL (ANIMAL);

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0031545981     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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