Nocturnal and diurnal foraging activity of Hawaiian Albatrosses detected with a new immersion monitor

Condor

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 577-584

  Fernández, Patricia ^a   Anderson, David J ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity monitor; Black footed Albatross; Diurnal foraging; Laysan Albatross; Nocturnal foraging; Phoebastria immutabilis; Phoebastria nigripes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BREEDING; BREEDING BEHAVIOR; DIURNAL PERIOD; FORAGING; MONITORING; NIGHT; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CEPHALOPODA; CICONIIFORMES; DIOMEDEA IMMUTABILIS; DIOMEDEA NIGRIPES; HAWAIIA; PHOEBASTRIA IMMUTABILIS; PHOEBASTRIA NIGRIPES;

EID: 0343442542     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/condor/102.3.577     Document Type: Article

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