Feeding territoriality and the reproductive consequences in brown skuas Catharacta antarctica lonnbergi

Polar Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 552-559

  Hahn, Steffen ^a   Peter, Hans Ulrich ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; SEABIRD; TERRITORIALITY;

ANTARCTICA;

AVES; CATHARACTA; CATHARACTA ANTARCTICA; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 0043069741     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-003-0522-z     Document Type: Article

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