Energetic costs of foraging in breeding Cape gannets Morus capensis

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 393, Issue , 2009, Pages 161-171

  Mullers, Ralf H E ^a,b   Navarro, René A ^b   Daan, Serge ^a   Tinbergen, Joost M ^a   Meijer, Harro A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Energetics; Environmental conditions; Foraging behaviour; Time budgets; Trip energy expenditure

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SEASON; ENERGETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEA SURFACE; SEABIRD;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AVES; MORUS (PLANT); MORUS CAPENSIS; SULIDAE;

EID: 70450159220     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08250     Document Type: Article

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