Diet and feeding ecology of the Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora - King of the shelf break and inner slope

Emu

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 200-211

  Imber, M J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIRD; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR;

NEW ZEALAND;

AVES; CEPHALOPODA; CRANCHIIDAE; CRUSTACEA; DIOMEDEA EPOMOPHORA; DIOMEDEA EXULANS; DIOMEDEA OPOMOPHORA; HISTIOTEUTHIDAE; HISTIOTEUTHIS ATLANTICA; MOROTEUTHIS; MOROTEUTHOPSIS INGENS; OCTOPODIDAE; ONYCHOTEUTHIDAE; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; TAIAROA; UROCHORDATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032859624     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU99023     Document Type: Article

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