Investigating the functional link between prey abundance and seabird predatory performance

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 331, Issue , 2007, Pages 267-279

  Enstipp, Manfred R ^a   Grémillet, David ^b   Jones, David R ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Double crested cormorant; Foraging; Functional relationship; Marine food chain; Predator prey interaction; Prey density; Prey capture performance

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOOD CHAIN; PREDATION; PREDATOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY CAPTURE; PREY SIZE; SEABIRD; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT;

AVES; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX AURITUS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 33947110357     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps331267     Document Type: Article

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