Resource allocation in breeding seabirds: Responses to fluctuations in their food supply

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 206, Issue , 2000, Pages 283-296

  Kitaysky, A S ^a   Hunt G L , Jr ^a   Flint, E N ^a   Rubega, M A ^a   Decker, M B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Doubly labeled water; Field metabolic rates; Food abundance; Kittiwakes; Murres

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; FOOD AVAILABILITY; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEABIRD;

ALASKA; BERING SEA; PRIBILOF ISLANDS; UNITED STATES;

RISSA TRIDACTYLA; URIA LOMVIA;

EID: 0034602020     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps206283     Document Type: Article

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