Foraging area fidelity of individual seabirds in relation to tidal cycles and flock feeding

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 647-655

  Irons, David B ^a,b  

^a U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Black legged Kittiwakes; Foraging behavior and area fidelity; Foraging flocks; Information transfer; Parental care; Prince William Sound; Rissa tridactyla; Tidal cycles

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; SEABIRD; SITE FIDELITY; TIDAL CYCLE;

AVES; CHARADRIIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; LARUS; RISSA TRIDACTYLA;

EID: 0031822512     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[0647:FAFOIS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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