Vision and the foraging technique of Great Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo: Pursuit or close-quarter foraging?

Ibis

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 485-494

  Martin, Graham R ^a   White, Craig R ^a   Butler, Patrick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diving; Eye movements; Foraging; Prey capture; Vision

Indexed keywords

EYE; PREDATOR; PREY CAPTURE; PREY LOCATION; VISION; WATERFOWL;

ARDEIDAE; AVES; BUCEROTIDAE; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX CARBO;

EID: 50049136122     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2008.00808.x     Document Type: Article

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