Time allocation by a deep-diving bird reflects prey type and energy gain

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1301-1310

  Elliott, Kyle Hamish ^a   Davoren, Gail K ^a   Gaston, Anthony J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Akaike information criterion; Br nnich's guillemot; foraging behaviour; patch quality index; Uria lomvia

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DIVING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PATH ANALYSIS; PREY AVAILABILITY; TIME ALLOCATION;

ALCIDAE; AVES; URIA LOMVIA;

EID: 40849094200     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.09.024     Document Type: Article

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