King-size fast food for Antarctic fur seals

Polar Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 721-724

  Charbonnier, Yohan ^a   Delord, Karine ^a   Thiebot, Jean Baptiste ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella; Aquatic capture; Direct observation; King penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus; Predation

Indexed keywords

FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PINNIPED; PREDATION; SEABIRD;

CROZET ISLANDS; FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES;

APTENODYTES PATAGONICUS; ARCTOCEPHALUS GAZELLA; ARCTOCEPHALUS TROPICALIS; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 77952419949     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-009-0753-8     Document Type: Article

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