The diet of white-chinned petrels Procellaria aequinoctialis, Linnaeus 1758, in years of contrasting prey availability at South Georgia

Antarctic Science

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 283-292

  Berrow, Simon D ^a   Croxall, John P ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diet; Feeding frequency; Inter annual variation; Krill; Meal size; White chinned petrel

Indexed keywords

DIET; PREY AVAILABILITY;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTH GEORGIA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CEPHALOPODA; CICONIIFORMES; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA; GALLUS GALLUS; PROCELLARIA AEQUINOCTIALIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033197526     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0954102099000371     Document Type: Article

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