Stable isotope evidence of diverse species-specific and individual wintering strategies in seabirds

Biology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 301-303

  Cherel, Y ^a   Phillips, Richard A ^b   Hobson, Keith A ^c   McGill, Rona ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Individual specialization; Moulting period; Procellariiform seabird; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; FEATHER; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEABIRD; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; FEATHER; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEABIRD; SPECIES HABITAT; WINTER;

ANTARCTICA; FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; KERGUELEN; KERGUELEN ISLANDS; SOUTH GEORGIA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

AVES; HALOBAENA CAERULEA; PACHYPTILA DESOLATA; PELECANOIDES GEORGICUS; PELECANOIDES URINATRIX; PROCELLARIIDAE;

EID: 33745309877     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0445     Document Type: Article

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