Contrasting foraging strategies of gannets Morus bassanus at two North Atlantic colonies: Foraging trip duration and foraging area fidelity

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 224, Issue , 2001, Pages 283-290

  Hamer, K C ^a   Phillips, R A ^a   Hill, J K ^a   Wanless, S ^a   Wood, A G ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foraging behaviour; Information transfer; Marine distribution; Pelecaniformes; Satellite telemetry

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MEMORY; SEABIRD; SITE FIDELITY; TELEMETRY;

CELTIC SEA; NORTH SEA;

AVES; MORUS BASSANUS; PELECANIFORMES; SULIDAE;

EID: 0035915519     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps224283     Document Type: Article

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