Evidence of intra-specific competition for food in a pelagic seabird

Nature

Volumn 412, Issue 6849, 2001, Pages 816-819

  Lewis, S ^a,b   Sherratt, T N ^a   Hamer, K C ^a   Wanless, S ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FOOD PRODUCTS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ECOLOGY;

COMPETITION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEABIRD;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; GREAT BRITAIN; IRELAND; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MORUS BASSANUS; SULIDAE;

EID: 0035939945     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35090566     Document Type: Article

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