Foraging behavior and habitat use by the Southern Giant Petrel on the Patagonian Shelf

Marine Biology

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 515-525

  Quintana, Flavio ^a,b   Dell'Arciprete, Olga P ^a   Copello, Sofia ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; COASTAL WATER; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEABIRD; SHELF BREAK;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PATAGONIAN SHELF;

AVES;

EID: 77649342618     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-009-1337-4     Document Type: Article

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