Resource partitioning by species but not sex in sympatric boobies in the central Pacific Ocean

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 403, Issue , 2010, Pages 291-301

  Young, Hillary S ^a   Shaffer, Scott A ^b,e   McCauley, Douglas J ^a   Foley, Dave G ^c,d   Dirzo, Rodolfo ^a   Block, Barbara A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d NOAA SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraging ecology; GPS tracking; Resource partitioning; Reverse sexual dimorphism; S. dactylatra; Sula sula

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COEXISTENCE; GPS; NICHE PARTITIONING; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SEABIRD; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; STABLE ISOTOPE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (CENTRAL); PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

ANIMALIA; PALMYRA; SULA DACTYLATRA; SULA SULA; SULIDAE;

EID: 77954091576     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08478     Document Type: Article

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