Seasonal and annual variation in the diet of breeding and non-breeding Wilson's storm-petrels on King George Island, South Shetland Islands

Polar Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 216-221

  Quillfeldt, Petra ^a,b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; DIET; SEABIRD; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANTARCTICA; KING GEORGE ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

AMPHIPODA; AVES; CICONIIFORMES; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIACEA; GALLUS GALLUS; HYDROBATINAE; OCEANITES; OCEANITES OCEANICUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036931840     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-001-0332-0     Document Type: Article

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