Spatiotemporal predictability of schooling and nonschooling prey of Pigeon Guillemots

Condor

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 410-415

  Litzow, Michael A ^a,b   Piatt, John F ^a   Abookire, Alisa A ^a   Speckman, Suzann G ^a   Arimitsu, Mayumi L ^a   Figurski, Jared D ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Kodiak Fisheries Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Cepphus; Demersal; Foraging; Pelagic; Provisioning; Quality variability trade off; Seabirds

Indexed keywords

CEPPHUS; CEPPHUS COLUMBA; COLUMBA; GALLUS GALLUS; LARIDAE;

EID: 2342544110     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/7330     Document Type: Review

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