Preliminary results on the foraging ecology of Balearic shearwaters (Puffinus mauretanicus) from bird-borne data loggers

Scientia Marina

Volumn 67, Issue SUPPLEMENT 2, 2003, Pages 129-134

  Aguilar, Juan Salvador ^c   Benvenuti, Silvano ^a   Dall'Antonia, Luigi ^b   McMinn Grivé, Miguel ^c   Mayol Serra, Joan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c Departament de Biodiversitat ^*

^d Departament de Biodiversitat   (Spain)

Author keywords

Balearic shearwater; Breeding biology; Data logger; Diving behaviour; Foraging; Puffinus mauretanicus

Indexed keywords

DIVING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INSTRUMENTATION; SEABIRD;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CICONIIFORMES; COLUMBA; GALLUS GALLUS; PUFFINUS; PUFFINUS MAURETANICUS;

EID: 0141634112     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2003.67s2129     Document Type: Article

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