Testing the junk-food hypothesis on marine birds: Effects of prey type on growth and development

Waterbirds

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 407-414

  Romano, Marc D ^a,c   Piatt, John F ^b   Roby, Daniel D ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Alaska Science Center   (United States)

^c Alaska Biological Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Black legged Kittiwake; Chick growth; Forage fish; Lipid; Tufted Puffin

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVITY; FLEDGING; FOOD SELECTION; GROWTH; NESTLING; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SEABIRD;

AMMODYTES HEXAPTERUS; AMMODYTIDAE; AVES; CLUPEA PALLASI; CLUPEIDAE; FRATERCULA CIRRHATA; MALLOTUS (FISH); MALLOTUS VILLOSUS; MAMMALIA; POLLACHIUS; RISSA TRIDACTYLA; THERAGRA; THERAGRA CHALCOGRAMMA;

EID: 33847363231     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2006)29[407:TTJHOM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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