Spatial and temporal variation in tufted puffin Fratercula cirrhata nestling diet quality and growth rates

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-48

  Williams, Cory T ^a   Buck, C Loren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Breeding performance; Diet composition; Fratercula cirrhata; Growth; Indicator species; Prey quality; Seabird; Tufted puffin

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; DIET; FLEDGING; FOOD QUALITY; GROWTH RATE; NESTLING; PREY SELECTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ALASKA; CHINIAK BAY; KODIAK ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

AMMODYTES HEXAPTERUS; FRATERCULA; FRATERCULA CIRRHATA; LARIDAE; MALLOTUS (FISH); MALLOTUS VILLOSUS; MAMMALIA; TRICHODON TRICHODON;

EID: 79551549702     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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