Foraging distance affects reproductive success in Magellanic penguins

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 375, Issue , 2009, Pages 263-275

  Boersma, P Dee ^a   Rebstock, Ginger A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Argentina; Argos; Foraging trip distance; Magellanic penguin; Reproductive success; Satellite tracking; Spheniscus magellanicus; Variability

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; FEEDING GROUND; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INCUBATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD;

PINNIPEDIA; SPHENISCIDAE; SPHENISCUS MAGELLANICUS;

EID: 60949085509     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07753     Document Type: Article

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