Inter-annual changes in prey fields trigger different foraging tactics in a large marine predator

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 802-812

  Garthe, Stefan ^a   Montevecchi, William A ^b   Davoren, Gail K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; GPS; PELAGIC FISH; PREY SELECTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TELEOST;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

AVES; MALLOTUS (FISH); MALLOTUS VILLOSUS; MORUS (ANGIOSPERM); MORUS BASSANUS; PISCES; SULIDAE;

EID: 79956362513     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2011.56.3.0802     Document Type: Article

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