Diving behavior of blue-footed boobies Sula nebouxii in northern Peru in relation to sex, body size and prey type

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 336, Issue , 2007, Pages 291-303

  Zavalaga, Carlos B ^a   Benvenuti, Silvano ^b   Dall'Antonia, Luigi ^b   Emslie, Steven D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blue footed boobies; Diving behavior; Foraging niche segregation; Peruvian anchovies; Sexual dimorphism; Sula nebouxii

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DIET; DIVING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; SEABIRD; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

LAMBAYEQUE; LOBOS DE TIERRA ISLAND; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

ENGRAULIDAE; ENGRAULIS RINGENS; SULA NEBOUXII; SULIDAE;

EID: 34249949546     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps336291     Document Type: Article

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