Foraging-niche separation of breeding Gentoo and Chinstrap Penguins, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

Condor

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 683-695

  Miller, Aileen K ^a   Kappes, Michelle A ^a,b   Trivelpiece, Susan G ^a   Trivelpiece, Wayne Z ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

Author keywords

Chinstrap Penguin; Foraging ecology; Gentoo Penguin; Niche; Pygoscelis antarctica; Pygoscelis papua

Indexed keywords

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA; PYGOSCELIS ANTARCTICUS; PYGOSCELIS PAPUA; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 78650670675     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2010.090221     Document Type: Article

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