Prey distribution and patchiness: Factors in foraging success and efficiency of Wandering Albatrosses

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2611-2622

  Weimerskirch, Henri ^a   Gault, Agnès ^a,b   Cherel, Yves ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Age and sex specific foraging; Bioluminescence; Central place foraging; Crozet Islands; Diomedea exulans; Experience; Foraging success; Indian Ocean; Prey patchiness; Squid; Telemetry; Wandering Albatross

Indexed keywords

FEEDING ECOLOGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PATCHINESS; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEABIRD;

CROZET ISLANDS; FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

AVES; CEPHALOPODA; CICONIIFORMES; DIOMEDEA EXULANS;

EID: 26044474451     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-1866     Document Type: Article

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