Specialization in murres:The story of eight specialists

Waterbirds

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 491-506

  Hamish Elliott, Kyle ^a   Woo, Kerry J ^b   Gaston, Anthony J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hudson Bay; Specialization; Thick billed Murre; Uria lomvia

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; DIVING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GADOID; PERCIFORM; SALMONID; SEABIRD; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SPECIALIZATION; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR;

CANADA; COATS ISLAND; HUDSON BAY; NUNAVUT;

AVES; BLENNIUS PHOLIS; LARIDAE; MALLOTUS (FISH); URIA LOMVIA;

EID: 76749152948     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/063.032.0402     Document Type: Article

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