Algal food preferences and seasonal foraging strategy of the marine iguana, Amblyrhynchus cristatus, on Santa Cruz, Galápagos

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 51-72

  Shepherd, Scoresby A ^a   Hawkes, Michael W ^b  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; FOOD PREFERENCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HERBIVORY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LIZARD; SEASONALITY;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SANTA CRUZ [GALAPAGOS ISLANDS]; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ALGAE; AMBLYRHYNCHUS CRISTATUS; IGUANA; IGUANIA; RHODOPHYTA; SQUAMATA; ULVA; ULVA LOBATA;

EID: 23044514909     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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