Movements of wintering surf scoters: Predator responses to different prey landscapes

Oecologia

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 859-867

  Kirk, Molly ^a   Esler, Daniel ^a   Iverson, Samuel A ^a,c   Boyd, W Sean ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraging theory; Home range; Melanitta perspicillata; Prey depletion; Site fidelity

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIVALVE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LANDSCAPE; MOVEMENT; PREY AVAILABILITY; RANGE SIZE; SEABIRD; SITE FIDELITY; SPACE USE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THEORY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIVALVE; DUCK; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; DUCKS; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; HOMING BEHAVIOR; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEASONS;

BAYNES SOUND; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; MELANITTA; MELANITTA PERSPICILLATA;

EID: 41149151289     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0947-0     Document Type: Article

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