Energetic feasibility of an obligate marine scavenger

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 266, Issue , 2004, Pages 59-63

  Ruxton, Graeme D ^a   Houston, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy balance; Food falls; Foraging; Scavenging; Vultures

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OBLIGATE BEHAVIOR; SCAVENGING (FEEDING);

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; LETHRINIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1342289996     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps266059     Document Type: Article

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