Northern gannets in the North Sea: Foraging distribution and feeding techniques around the Bass Rock

British Birds

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 60-76

  Camphuysen, Kees ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BREEDING SEASON; CETACEAN; CONSPECIFIC; FEEDING MECHANISM; FIELD SURVEY; FISH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; POPULATION DENSITY; SEABIRD;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BASS ROCK; EAST LOTHIAN; NORTH SEA; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES; CETACEA; MAMMALIA; MORUS BASSANUS; SULIDAE;

EID: 79952153687     PISSN: 00070335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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