Population status, foods and foraging of Laysan Albatrosses Phoebastria immutabilis nesting on Guadalupe Island, Mexico

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 159-165

  Pitman, Robert L ^a   Walker, William A ^b   Everett, William T ^c   Gallo Reynoso, Juan Pablo ^d  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

^c Endangered Species Recovery Council   (United States)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN ALIMENTACIÓN Y DESARROLLO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Foods; Foraging; Guadalupe Island; Laysan Albatross; Phoebastria immutabilis; Population status; Scavenging; Squid

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION SIZE; SCAVENGING (FEEDING); SEABIRD;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(STT) MEXICO]; GUADALUPE ISLAND; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CEPHALOPODA; CICONIIFORMES; DIOMEDEA IMMUTABILIS; GALITEUTHIS; GONATUS PYROS; HISTIOTEUTHIS HOYLEI; MAMMALIA; OMMASTREPHIDAE; TAONIUS BOREALIS;

EID: 25144474954     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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