Sexual dimorphism and diet segregation in the Black Skimmer Rynchops niger

Ardea

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 115-124

  Mariano Jelicich, Rocío ^a   Madrid, Enrique ^b   Favero, Marco ^a,b  

^a Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Black Skimmer; Intraspecific diet segregation; Rynchops niger; Sexual size dimorphism; Wintering grounds

Indexed keywords

DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MORPHOMETRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREY SIZE; SEABIRD; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

AVES; ODONTESTHES; RYNCHOPS NIGER;

EID: 34347342614     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5253/078.095.0113     Document Type: Article

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