Do activity costs determine foraging tactics for an arctic seabird?

Marine Biology

Volumn 156, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1809-1816

  Elliott, Kyle H ^a   Woo, Kerry J ^b   Benvenuti, Silvano ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; AMPHIPOD; BENTHIVORY; BIOENERGETICS; BROOD REARING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MARINE SEDIMENT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREDATOR; PREY CAPTURE; SEABIRD;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; AVES; INVERTEBRATA; LARIDAE; URIA LOMVIA;

EID: 70450223921     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-009-1214-1     Document Type: Article

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