Predation by great skuas at a large Shetland seabird colony

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1117-1128

  Votier, Stephen C ^a   Bearhop, Stuart ^b   Ratcliffe, Norman ^c   Phillips, Richard A ^d   Furness, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^d BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioenergetics; Discards; Seabird conservation; Stercorarius skua

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; CONSERVATION; FISHERY DISCARD; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; PREDATION; SEABIRD; SPECIALIST;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HERMA NESS; SCOTLAND; SHETLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; UNST; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

AVES; CATHARACTA; CATHARACTA SKUA; STERCORARIUS;

EID: 11044236662     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8901.2004.00974.x     Document Type: Article

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