Foraging plasticity in a pelagic seabird species along a marine productivity gradient

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 398, Issue , 2009, Pages 259-274

  Paiva, Vitor H ^a,c   Geraldes, Pedro ^b   Ramírez, Iván ^b   Meirinho, Ana ^b   Garthe, Stefan ^c   Ramos, Jaime A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Data loggers; Ecological plasticity; Environmental heterogeneity; Foraging behaviour; Seabird

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BREEDING SITE; CHLOROPHYLL A; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; PREDATION; PREY AVAILABILITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEABIRD;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

AVES; CALONECTRIS DIOMEDEA;

EID: 74049160760     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08319     Document Type: Article

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