Flight destinations and foraging behaviour of northern gannets (Sula bassana) preying on a small forage fish in a low-Arctic ecosystem

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 311-320

  Garthe, Stefan ^a   Montevecchi, William A ^b   Davoren, Gail K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Data logger; Diet; Foraging behaviour; Predator prey interaction; Prey availability; Seabird

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DATA ACQUISITION; ECOSYSTEMS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MARINE BIOLOGY; NUTRITION;

DATA LOGGERS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEABIRD;

BIRDS;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOTELEMETRY; DATA MINING; DIET; DIVING BEHAVIOR; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY PREFERENCE; SEABIRD; TELEOST;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

AVES; MALLOTUS (FISH); MORUS BASSANUS; SULIDAE;

EID: 33947254577     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2006.11.008     Document Type: Article

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