The effects of quantity and quality of prey on population fluctuations in three seabird species

Bird Study

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-25

  Hjernquist, Björn ^a   Hjernquist, Mårten B ^b  

^a Sproge Snoder 808 ^*  (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FISH; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY PREFERENCE; SEABIRD;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

ALCA; ALCA TORDA; ALCIDAE; LARUS FUSCUS; SPRATTUS SPRATTUS; URIA AALGE;

EID: 77749286303     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650903029516     Document Type: Article

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