Who's the boss? Giant petrel arrival times and interspecific interactions at a seal carcass at sub-Antarctic Marion Island

Polar Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 571-573

  De Bruyn, P J N ^a   Cooper, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BREEDING SEASON; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEABIRD;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MARION ISLAND; OCEANIC REGIONS; PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDS; WORLD;

CICONIIFORMES; MACRONECTES GIGANTEUS; MACRONECTES HALLI;

EID: 21344451162     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-005-0724-7     Document Type: Article

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