The diet of the Magnificent Frigatebird during chick rearing

Condor

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 569-576

  Calixto Albarrán, Itzia ^a   Osorno, José Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Diet; Foraging techniques; Fregata magnificens; Magnificent Frigatebird; Sea birds

Indexed keywords

ANCHOA LUCIDA; AVES; CEPHALOPODA; CRUSTACEA; DIPLECTUM; DIPLECTUM PACIFICUM; FREGATA MAGNIFICENS; GALLUS GALLUS; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033845735     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/condor/102.3.569     Document Type: Article

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