The importance of fish in the diet of the South Polar Skua (Stercorarius maccormicki) at the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

Emu

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 305-309

  Montalti, Diego ^a,b   Casaux, Ricardo ^a,b   Coria, Néstor ^a   Soave, Guillermo ^a,c   Grilli, Maricel Graña ^d  

^a INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS BÁSICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; COLONY STRUCTURE; FOOD PREFERENCE; SAMPLING; SEABIRD; TEMPORAL PERIOD; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

AVES; CATHARACTA; CATHARACTA MACCORMICKI; PYGOSCELIS ANTARCTICUS; SPHENISCIDAE; STERCORARIUS;

EID: 72149129451     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU09042     Document Type: Article

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