Local-scale variability in the diet of black-legged kittiwakes Rissa tridactyla

Ardea

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-52

  Bull, J ^a   Wanless, S ^a   Elston, D A ^b   Daunt, F ^a   Lewis, S ^a   Harris, M P ^a  

^a NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammodytes marinus; Clupeids; Feeding overlap; Foraging ranges; Hinterland; Rissa tridactyla; Sandeels

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; BREEDING SITE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; EEL; SEABIRD; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

AMMODYTES MARINUS; AVES; CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEIDAE; LARUS; RISSA TRIDACTYLA; SPRATTUS SPRATTUS;

EID: 13644263442     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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