Food resource utilisation by the Magellanic penguin evaluated through stable-isotope analysis: Segregation by sex and age and influence on offspring quality

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 234, Issue , 2002, Pages 289-299

  Forero, Manuela G ^a   Hobson, Keith A ^a   Bortolotti, Gary R ^a   Donázar, Jose A ^a   Bertellotti, M ^a   Blanco, G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Argentinean Patagonia; Chick quality; Diet segregation; Magellanic penguin; Stable isotope analysis

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; DIET; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PREY SELECTION; RESOURCE USE; SEABIRD; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

ARGENTINA; PATAGONIA;

ANCHOA; AVES; CEPHALOPODA; GALLUS GALLUS; OCTOPUS; REXEA SOLANDRI; SIA; SPHENISCIDAE; SPHENISCUS; SPHENISCUS MAGELLANICUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037014102     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps234289     Document Type: Article

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