Fish and chicks: Forage fish and chick success in co-existing auks

Waterbirds

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 372-384

  Burke, Chantelle M ^a   Montevecchi, William A ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Auks; Chick diets; Forage fish; Offspring condition

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COHABITATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIETARY OVERLAP; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENERALIST; PREY PREFERENCE; REARING; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; SPECIALIST;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

AMMODYTES; FRATERCULA ARCTICA; LARIDAE; MALLOTUS (FISH); PINGUINUS; URIA AALGE;

EID: 58049209397     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695-31.3.372     Document Type: Article

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