Annual variation in diets, feeding locations and foraging behaviour of gannets in the North Sea: Flexibility, consistency and constraint

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 338, Issue , 2007, Pages 295-305

  Hamer, K C ^a   Humphreys, E M ^a,b   Garthe, S ^c   Hennicke, J ^d   Peters, G ^e   Gremillet D ^f   Phillips, R A ^g   Harris, M P ^h   Wanless, S ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^e Earth and Ocean Technologies   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^g BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^h CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geolocation; Home range; Morus bassanus; Optimal foraging; Wildlife telemetry

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING GROUND; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HOME RANGE; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; TELEMETRY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

AVES; MORUS (PLANT); MORUS BASSANUS; SULIDAE;

EID: 34250807252     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps338295     Document Type: Article

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