Fine-scale foraging behaviour of a medium-ranging marine predator

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 880-889

  Hamer, K C ^a   Humphreys, E M ^a,b   Magalhaes M C ^a,c   Garthe, S ^d   Hennicke, J ^e   Peters, G ^f   Gremillet D ^g   Skov, H ^h   Wanless, S ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^f Earth and Ocean GmbH   (Germany)

^g CNRS   (France)

^h DHI   (Denmark)

ⁱ CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological oceanography; Optimal foraging; Scale dependence; Seabirds; Wildlife telemetry

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MOVEMENT; PREDATION; PREDATOR; SEABIRD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHARADRIIFORMES; DIVING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; TELEMETRY;

ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; DIVING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; TELEMETRY;

AVES; MORUS (PLANT); MORUS BASSANUS; SULIDAE;

EID: 66749085068     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2009.01549.x     Document Type: Article

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