Seasonal changes of the at-sea distribution and food provisioning in rhinoceros auklets

Ecological Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 123-137

  Deguchi, Tomohiro ^a,d   Wada, Akihiko ^b   Watanuki, Yutaka ^a   Osa, Yuichi ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hokkaido Wakkanai Fisheries Experimental Station   (Japan)

^c Hokkaido Institute of Environmental Sciences   (Japan)

^d YAMASHINA INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

At sea distribution; Fledging mass; Food load; Japanese anchovy; Rhinoceros auklet

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; CENTRAL PLACE FORAGING; CLUPEOID; COASTAL WATER; FLEDGING; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROVISIONING; MIGRATION; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEABIRD; SEASONAL VARIATION;

JAPAN; KYUSHU; NAGASAKI [KYUSHU]; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN; TSUSHIMA;

AVES; CERORHINCA; CERORHINCA MONOCERATA; ENGRAULIDAE; ENGRAULIS JAPONICUS;

EID: 77951092698     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-009-0639-9     Document Type: Article

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