Self-feeding and chick provisioning diet differ in the Common Guillemot Uria aalge

Ardea

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 197-207

  Wilson, L J ^a,b   Daunt, F ^a   Wanless, S ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b Joint Nature Conversation Committee   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammodytes marinus; Central place foraging theory; Feeding ecology; Predator prey; Uria aalge

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL PLACE FORAGING; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PROVISIONING; FOOD QUALITY; SEABIRD;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FIFE; ISLE OF MAY; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

AMMODYTES MARINUS; CLUPEIDAE; LARIDAE; SPRATTUS SPRATTUS; URIA AALGE;

EID: 24044442910     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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