GPS tracking devices reveal foraging strategies of Black-legged Kittiwakes

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 459-467

  Kotzerka, Jana ^a   Garthe, Stefan ^a   Hatch, Scott A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black legged Kittiwake; Foraging; Gulf of Alaska; Rissa tridactyla; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GPS; POPULATION DECLINE; RADIOTELEMETRY; SEABIRD; TRACKING;

GULF OF ALASKA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

AVES; LARUS; RISSA TRIDACTYLA;

EID: 77951879785     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-009-0479-y     Document Type: Article

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