Extrinsic and intrinsic determinants of winter foraging and breeding phenology in a temperate seabird

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 381-388

  Daunt, F ^a   Afanasyev, V ^b   Silk, J R D ^b   Wanless, S ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioural plasticity; Environmental effects; European shag; Individual state; Pre breeding

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PHENOLOGY; PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SEABIRD; WINTER;

AMMODYTES MARINUS; ANIMALIA; PHALACROCORAX ARISTOTELIS;

EID: 30744449744     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-005-0061-4     Document Type: Article

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