Influençes of food availability and predation on survival of kittiwakes

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2516-2528

  Oro, Daniel ^a,b   Furness, Robert W ^c  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammodytes marinus; Black legged Kittiwake; Body condition; Catharacta skua; Cost of reproduction; Food availability; Great Skua; Life history; Predation; Rissa tridactyla; Sandeel; SURGE

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; LIFE HISTORY; PREDATION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL;

AMMODYTES MARINUS; AVES; CATHARACTA SKUA; LARUS; RISSA; RISSA TRIDACTYLA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038477010     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[2516:IOFAAP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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