Flexible foraging techniques in breeding Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo and Shags Phalacrocorax aristotelis: Benthic or pelagic feeding?

Ibis

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 113-119

  Gremillet D ^a   Argentin, G ^b   Schulte, B ^a   Culik, B M ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FISH; BREEDING BIRD; COMORANT; CORMORANT; DIVE DURATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; PELAGIC FISH; SHAG;

CHAUSEY ISLANDS; FRANCE; NORMANDY;

PHALACROCORAC ARISTOTELIS; PHALACROCORAX ARISTOTELIS; PHALACROCORAX CARBO;

EID: 2642611098     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1998.tb04547.x     Document Type: Article

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