Offshore spatial segregation in giant petrels Macronectes spp.: Differences between species, sexes and seasons

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Gonzalez Solis J ^a,b,c   Croxall, J P ^b,d   Afanasyev, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c Dept Biologia Animal ^*  (Spain)

^d BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gls tracking; Ornithology; Pelagic ecology; Seabird foraging; Sexual segregation

Indexed keywords

CARRION; FEEDING GROUND; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENDER; INTERSEXUAL INTERACTION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; SEABIRD; SEASON; SPATIAL VARIATION; TRACKING;

ANTARCTICA; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS); SOUTH GEORGIA;

MACRONECTES; MACRONECTES GIGANTEUS; MACRONECTES HALLI; PROCELLARIIDAE;

EID: 40549142794     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.911     Document Type: Conference Paper

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