Inter-annual variation in the cephalopod component of the diet of the wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans, breeding at Bird Island, South Georgia

Marine Biology

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 611-622

  Xavier, J C ^a,b   Croxall, J P ^a   Trathan, P N ^a   Rodhouse, P G ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CEPHALOPOD; DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; SEABIRD;

ANTARCTICA; BIRD ISLAND; SOUTH GEORGIA;

AVES; CEPHALOPODA; CICONIIFORMES; CRANCHIIDAE; DIOMEDEA; DIOMEDEA EXULANS; GALLUS GALLUS; HISTIOTEUTHIDAE; HISTIOTEUTHIS; HISTIOTEUTHIS SP.; KONDAKOVIA LONGIMANA; ONYCHOTEUTHIDAE; TAONIUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038115319     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-002-0962-y     Document Type: Article

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