Behavioural responses by foraging petrels to swarms of Antarctic Krill Euphausia superba

Ardea

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-50

  Veit, Richard R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Area restricted search; Daption capense; Euphausia superba; Foraging behaviour; Fulmarus glacialoides; Halobaena caerulea; Krill; Macronectes giganteus; Macronectes halli; Patchy resources; Pelecanoides urinatrix

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREDATION; SEABIRD;

DAPTION CAPENSE; EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; FULMARUS GLACIALOIDES; HALOBAENA CAERULEA; MACRONECTES GIGANTEUS; MACRONECTES HALLI; PELECANOIDES URINATRIX;

EID: 0032695141     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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