On a wing and a prayer: The foraging ecology of breeding Cape cormorants

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 280, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-32

  Ryan, P G ^a   Pichegru, L ^a   Ropert Coudert, Y ^b   Gremillet D ^a,b   Kato, A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activity budget; Benguela; Diving ecology; Diving efficiency; Phalacrocorax

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; DIVING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PELAGIC FISH; PLUMAGE; ROOST SITE; SEABIRD;

ANGOLA; BENGUELA;

AVES; MORUS (PLANT); MORUS CAPENSIS; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX; PHALACROCORAX CAPENSIS; SPHENISCIDAE; SPHENISCUS DEMERSUS; SULIDAE;

EID: 73349101494     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2009.00637.x     Document Type: Article

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