Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) chick diet and reproductive performance at colonies with high and low capelin (Mallotus villosus) abundance

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1598-1607

  Baillie, Shauna M ^a   Jones, Ian L ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS;

NESTLING DIET; PHENOLOGY;

BIODIVERSITY;

ABUNDANCE; DIET; GROWTH; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

CANADA; GANNET ISLANDS; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA;

AMMODYTES; AMMODYTES SP.; FRATERCULA ARCTICA; GALLUS GALLUS; LARIDAE; MALLOTUS VILLOSUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0347380958     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z03-145     Document Type: Article

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