Albatrosses following fishing vessels: How badly hooked are they on an easy meal?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Granadeiro, José P ^a   Phillips, Richard A ^b   Brickle, Paul ^c   Catry, Paulo ^d  

^a Museu Nacional de Historia Natural Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

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

^d INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBATROSS; ARTICLE; BIRD; FISHERY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING; MORTALITY; NESTING; NONHUMAN; SHIP; SPECIES CONSERVATION; ANIMAL; FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS); FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INDUSTRY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

AVES; DIOMEDEA MELANOPHRIS; DIOMEDEIDAE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; FALKLAND ISLANDS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISHERIES; SHIPS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79952292362     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017467     Document Type: Article

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