Annual energy budget and food requirements of breeding wandering albatrosses (Diomedea exulans)

Polar Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 253-256

  Shaffer, Scott A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; ENERGY BUDGET; FOOD SUPPLY; SEABIRD;

CROZET ISLANDS; FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; POSSESSION ISLAND;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CICONIIFORMES; DIOMEDEA; DIOMEDEA EXULANS; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 1842735151     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-004-0593-5     Document Type: Article

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