Modelling the daily food requirements of wintering great cormorants: A bioenergetics tool for wildlife management

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 266-277

  Gremillet, David ^a,b   Wright, Gordon ^c   Lauder, Ala N ^d   Carss, David N ^a   Wanless, Sarah ^a  

^a NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Daily food intake; Diving physiology; Foraging behaviour; Management of predatory species; Phalacrocorax carbo; Radio tracking; Respirometry; Time energy budget

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DIET; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION GROWTH; SEABIRD; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

LOCH LEVEN; SCOTLAND (TAYSIDE); UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX CARBO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038814796     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2003.00806.x     Document Type: Article

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