Size matters: Variation in the diet of chick and adult crested terns

Marine Biology

Volumn 156, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1765-1780

  McLeay, Lachlan James ^a,b   Page, B ^a   Goldsworthy, S D ^a,b   Ward, T M ^a,b   Paton, D C ^b  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BODY SIZE; CLUPEOID; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FOOD PROVISIONING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; ONTOGENY; PREY SELECTION; PREY SIZE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEABIRD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ARRIPIS GEORGIANUS; BALISTIDAE; CLUPEIDAE; ENGRAULIDAE; ENGRAULIS AUSTRALIS; HYPORHAMPHUS MELANOCHIR; LARIDAE; PARAPRIACANTHUS ELONGATUS; SARDINOPS SAGAX; SPRATELLOIDES ROBUSTUS; SPRATTUS SPRATTUS; STERNA BERGII; THAMNACONUS; THYRSITES ATUN;

EID: 70450222540     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-009-1211-4     Document Type: Article

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