Limited foraging flexibility: Increased foraging effort by a marine predator does not buffer against scarce prey

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 366, Issue , 2008, Pages 245-258

  Ronconi, Robert A ^a   Burger, Alan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activity budgets; Brachyramphus marmoratus; Foraging ecology; Prey availability; Seabirds; Thresholds

Indexed keywords

DIVING; DIVING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREY AVAILABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

ANIMALIA; BRACHYRAMPHUS; BRACHYRAMPHUS MARMORATUS;

EID: 53549096487     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07529     Document Type: Article

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