Stable isotope analysis and satellite tracking reveal interspecific resource partitioning of nonbreeding albatrosses off Alaska

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 299-305

  Suryan, Robert M ^a   Fischer, Karen N ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEEDING GROUND; FISHERY DISCARD; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NICHE PARTITIONING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEABIRD; SEASONAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; SYMPATRY; TROPHIC STATUS;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; DIOMEDEA; DIOMEDEA ALBATRUS; DIOMEDEA IMMUTABILIS; DIOMEDEIDAE; PHOEBASTRIA NIGRIPES;

EID: 77649146775     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z10-002     Document Type: Article

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