Species and sex-biased predation on hatchling green turtles by frigatebirds on Europa Island, Western Indian Ocean

Condor

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 405-408

  Lagarde, Frédéric ^a   Le Corre, Matthieu ^b   Lormeé, Hervé ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^c CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Feeding ecology; Frigatebirds; Green turtle; Predation; Sexual size dimorphism

Indexed keywords

CHELONIA MYDAS; FREGATA ARIEL; FREGATA MINOR;

EID: 0035021678     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2001)103[0405:SASBPO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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