The diet of the Imperial Shag Phalacrocorax atriceps at a colony on New Island, Falkland/Malvinas Islands combining different sampling techniques

Polar Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1537-1546

  Michalik, Andreas ^a,b   van Noordwijk, Hendrika J ^a   Brickle, Paul ^c   Eggers, Till ^b   Quillfeldt, Petra ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^c Falkland Islands Government   (Falkland Islands (Malvinas))

Author keywords

Diet; Falkland Malvinas Islands; Imperial Cormorant; Pellet; Regurgitation; Stomach content

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BREEDING SEASON; COLONY STRUCTURE; DIET; FISH; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; LOBSTER; MOLLUSC; POULTRY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SAMPLING; WADER;

FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS); NEW ISLAND;

CEPHALOPODA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIACEA; PHALACROCORAX ATRICEPS;

EID: 78649516505     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-010-0843-7     Document Type: Article

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