Prey size of single-prey loaders as an indicator of prey abundance

Ecology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 5-6

  Houston, Alasdair I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central place foraging; Indicators; Seabirds; Single prey loaders

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033971842     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2000.00110.x     Document Type: Article

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