Temporal patterns in the diet and food partitioning in imperial cormorants (Phalacrocorax atriceps) and rock shags (P. magellanicus) breeding at Bahía Bustamante, Argentina

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 307-315

  Punta, Gabriel ^a   Yorio, Pablo ^b   Herrera, Gonzalo ^a  

^a Dir Gen Intereses Maritimos P   (Argentina)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIETARY OVERLAP; FECAL PELLET; PREY PREFERENCE; SEABIRD; STOMACH CONTENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARGENTINA; BAHIA BUSTAMANTE; CHUBUT; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANCHOA; ENGRAULIS; ENGRAULIS ANCHOITA; PATAGONOTHEN; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX; PHALACROCORAX ATRICEPS; PHALACROCORAX MAGELLANICUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2142826778     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/02-119     Document Type: Article

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