Nesting distributions of Galápagos boobies (Aves: Sulidae): An apparent case of amensalism

Oecologia

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 419-427

  Townsend, Howard M ^a   Huyvaert, Kathryn P ^a,c   Hodum, Peter J ^b   Anderson, David J ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Amensalism; Blue footed booby; Competition; Nazca booby; Resource partitioning

Indexed keywords

AMENSALISM; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NEST SITE; NICHE PARTITIONING; SEABIRD;

ECUADOR;

AVES; SULA GRANTI; SULA NEBOUXII; SULIDAE;

EID: 0036932171     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-0992-7     Document Type: Article

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