Diet, individual specialisation and breeding of brown skuas (Catharacta antarctica lonnbergi): An investigation using stable isotopes

Polar Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-33

  Anderson, O R J ^a   Phillips, R A ^b   Shore, R F ^c   McGill, R A R ^d   McDonald, R A ^e   Bearhop, S ^a,f  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diet; Foraging specialisation; Mixing models; Scavenging

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HATCHING; INCUBATION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SCAVENGING (FEEDING); SEABIRD; SPECIALIZATION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANTARCTICA; BIRD ISLAND [SOUTH GEORGIA]; SOUTH GEORGIA;

ARCTOCEPHALUS GAZELLA; AVES; CATHARACTA; CATHARACTA ANTARCTICA; PACHYPTILA DESOLATA; PROCELLARIIDAE;

EID: 58649088002     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-008-0498-9     Document Type: Article

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