Effect of environmental variability on habitat selection, diet, provisioning behaviour and chick growth in yellow-nosed albatrosses

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 298, Issue , 2005, Pages 295-304

  Pinaud, David ^a   Cherel, Yves ^a   Weimerskirch, Henri ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Cubiceps caeruleus; Environmental variability; Habitat selection; Satellite telemetry; Sub tropical albatross; Thalassarche chlororhynchos; Yellow nosed albatross

Indexed keywords

DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOOD PROVISIONING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; SATELLITE DATA; SEABIRD;

AVES; CEPHALOPODA; CICONIIFORMES; CRUSTACEA; CUBICEPS; NOMEIDAE; THALASSARCHE CHLORORHYNCHOS;

EID: 24944548602     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps298295     Document Type: Article

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