Three-dimensional space utilization by a marine predator

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 183, Issue , 1999, Pages 263-273

  Grémillet, David ^a,b   Wilson, Rory Paul ^a   Storch, Sandra ^a   Gary, Yann ^c  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diving behaviour; Foraging strategy; Phalacrocorax carbo; Specialization vs opportunism; Wildlife telemetry

Indexed keywords

DIVING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; SEABIRD; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

CHAUSEY ISLANDS; FRANCE; NORMANDY;

PHALACROCORAX CARBO;

EID: 18844482418     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps183263     Document Type: Article

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