Co-occurrence and aggregation of marine birds and mammals in Monterey Bay, California, USA

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 387, Issue , 2009, Pages 295-303

  Henkel, Laird A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Co occurrence; Competition; Marine mammals; Niche; Overlap; Seabirds; Segregation Aggregation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; COEXISTENCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GUILD; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MARINE MAMMAL; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; NICHE OVERLAP; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEABIRD;

CALIFORNIA; MONTEREY BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 68649095143     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08082     Document Type: Article

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