Are seabirds foraging for unpredictable resources?

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 211-223

  Weimerskirch, Henri ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Area restricted search; Marine ecosystems; Patches; Predictability; Seabirds; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROWTH KINETICS; INFORMATION USE; OCEAN HABITATS; OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTRUMENTS;

AREA RESTRICTED SEARCH; BREEDING SUCCESS; MARINE ECOSYSTEMS; PATCHES; PATCHINESS; POLAR ZONES; PREDICTABILITY; SEABIRDS; SPATIAL SCALE;

BIRDS;

FEEDING GROUND; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LIFE HISTORY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PATCHINESS; PREDICTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; SITE FIDELITY; SUBPOPULATION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 33947281736     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2006.11.013     Document Type: Article

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