Central place foraging by breeding Cook's petrel Pterodroma cookii: Foraging duration reflects range, diet and chick meal mass

Marine Biology

Volumn 157, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2187-2194

  Rayner, M J ^a   Hartill, B W ^a   Hauber, M E ^b   Phillips, R A ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; CENTRAL PLACE FORAGING; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIET; DIVERGENCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEA SURFACE; SEABIRD;

AUCKLAND; CODFISH ISLAND; LITTLE BARRIER ISLAND; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHLAND;

AVES; PTERODROMA COOKII;

EID: 78449258005     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-010-1483-8     Document Type: Article

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