Resource partitioning and niche hyper-volume overlap in free-living Pygoscelid penguins

Functional Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 646-657

  Wilson, Rory P ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Area utilization; Diving behaviour; Ecological segregation; Foraging ecology; Interspecific competition; Pygoscelis adeliae; Pygoscelis antarctica; Pygoscelis papua; Temporal differences

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; CRUSTACEAN; DIVING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NICHE OVERLAP; NICHE PARTITIONING; SEABIRD; SYMPATRY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANTARCTICA;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIACEA; PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE; PYGOSCELIS ANTARCTICUS; PYGOSCELIS PAPUA; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 77955178025     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2009.01654.x     Document Type: Article

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