Abundance and spatial distribution of sympatrically breeding Catharacta spp. (skuas) in Admiralty Bay, King George Island, Antarctica

Polar Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 673-682

  Carneiro, Ana Paula Bertoldi ^a   Polito, Michael J ^b   Sander, Martin ^a   Trivelpiece, Wayne Z ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Access to resources; Admiralty Bay; Catharacta spp.; Distribution; Nesting site safety and quality

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BREEDING POPULATION; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POLAR REGION; POPULATION ECOLOGY; SEABIRD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUMMER; SYMPATRY;

ADMIRALTY BAY; ANTARCTICA; KING GEORGE ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

CATHARACTA; CATHARACTA ANTARCTICA; CATHARACTA MACCORMICKI; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 77952424440     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-009-0743-x     Document Type: Article

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