Foraging behavior and feeding locations of Imperial Cormorants and Rock Shags breeding sympatrically in Patagonia, Argentina

Waterbirds

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 184-191

  Sapoznikow, Alexandra ^a   Quintana, Flavio ^a,b  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Feeding behavior; Imperial Cormorant; Patagonia; Phalacrocorax atriceps; Phalacrocorax magellanicus; Rock Shag; Segregation

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; SEABIRD; SYMPATRY;

ARGENTINA; MALASPINA INLET; PATAGONIA;

AVES; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX ATRICEPS; PHALACROCORAX MAGELLANICUS;

EID: 0042237037     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2003)026[0184:fbaflo]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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