The importance of land-based prey for sympatrically breeding giant petrels at sub-Antarctic Marion Island

Antarctic Science

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-30

  De Bruyn, P J Nico ^a   Cooper, John ^b   Bester, Marthán N ^a   Tosh, Cheryl A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

M. giganteus; Macronectes halli; Population trends; Resource use; Seabirds; Seals

Indexed keywords

CARRION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; PINNIPED; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PREY PREFERENCE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; SUBANTARCTIC REGION;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MARION ISLAND; PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDS;

MACRONECTES HALLI; MIROUNGA LEONINA; PROCELLARIIDAE;

EID: 34247469760     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102007000053     Document Type: Article

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