Fatty acid signatures of female Brünnich's guillemots Uria lomvia suggests reliance on local prey for replacement egg production

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 327-336

  Jacobs, Shoshanah R ^a   Elliott, Kyle H ^a   Gaston, Anthony J ^b,c   Weber, Jean Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Carleton Univ ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; BLOOD; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EGG PRODUCTION; FATTY ACID; HATCHING; PREY LOCATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REPLACEMENT; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL;

CANADA; COATS ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

ALCIDAE; URIA LOMVIA;

EID: 65649153405     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2008.04625.x     Document Type: Article

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