Wind and prey nest sites as foraging constraints on an avian predator, the Glaucous Gull

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2403-2414

  Gilchrist, H Grant ^a,b   Gaston, Anthony J ^b   Smith, James N M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colony; Energy gain; Fitness currency; Foraging constraint; Glaucous Gull; Larus hyperboreus; Nesting density; Risk of injury; Thick billed Murre; Trade off; Uria lomvia; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INJURY; NEST SITE; PREY SELECTION; SEABIRD; TRADE-OFF; WIND VELOCITY;

CANADA; COATS ISLAND; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

AVES; CHARADRIIFORMES; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; LARIDAE; LARUS HYPERBOREUS; URIA LOMVIA;

EID: 0031660756     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[2403:WAPNSA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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