Temporal patterns of foraging activities of northern gannets, Morus bassanus, in the northwest Atlantic Ocean

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 453-461

  Garthe, Stefan ^a   Benvenuti, Silvano ^b   Montevecchi, William A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONY; DIEL VARIATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME ALLOCATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; FUNK ISLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; MORUS (PLANT); MORUS BASSANUS; SULIDAE;

EID: 2442547373     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z03-027     Document Type: Article

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