Nearest neighbors as foraging cues: Information transfer in a patchy environment

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 277, Issue , 2004, Pages 25-35

  Silverman, Emily D ^a   Veit, Richard R ^b   Nevitt, Gabrielle A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Black browed albatross; Compositional data analysis; Foraging; Local enhancement; Nearest neighbor; Seabirds; South Georgia

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; METHODOLOGY; NEAREST NEIGHBOR ANALYSIS; PREY LOCATION; SEABIRD;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTH GEORGIA;

ARCTOCEPHALUS GAZELLA; AVES; CICONIIFORMES; DIOMEDEA; DIOMEDEA MELANOPHRIS; GAZELLA; PACHYPTILA; PELECANOIDES; PHOCIDAE; PROCELLARIA; PROCELLARIA AEQUINOCTIALIS; SPHENISCIDAE; THALASSARCHE MELANOPHRYS;

EID: 4544224339     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps277025     Document Type: Article

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