Foraging behaviour and habitat use of a short-ranging seabird, the crested tern

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 411, Issue , 2010, Pages 271-283

  McLeay, L J ^a,b   Page, B ^a   Goldsworthy, S D ^a,b   Paton, D C ^b   Teixeira, C ^a,c   Burch, P ^a   Ward, T ^a,b  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bio logging; Foraging ecology; GPS; Habitat partitioning; Seabird; Sterna bergii

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CHLOROPHYLL A; ENCOUNTER RATE; FEEDING GROUND; FISHERY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GPS; HABITAT USE; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; NICHE PARTITIONING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREY AVAILABILITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEABIRD; TRACKING;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; TROUBRIDGE ISLAND;

LARIDAE; STERNA BERGII;

EID: 77955858324     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08606     Document Type: Article

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