Contrasting foraging tactics by northern gannets (Sula bassana) breeding in different oceanographic domains with different prey fields

Marine Biology

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 687-694

  Garthe, Stefan ^a   Montevecchi, William A ^b   Chapdelaine, Gilles ^c   Rail, Jean Francois ^c   Hedd, April ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOOD PROVISIONING; GPS; PREY PREFERENCE; SEABIRD; SIZE SELECTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BONAVENTURE ISLAND; CANADA; FUNK ISLAND; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

AVES; CLUPEA HARENGUS; MALLOTUS (FISH); MALLOTUS VILLOSUS; MORUS BASSANUS; SCOMBER SCOMBRUS; SULIDAE;

EID: 33947539290     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-006-0523-x     Document Type: Article

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