Exploitation of distant Antarctic waters and close neritic waters by short-tailed shearwaters breeding in South Australia

Austral Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 461-475

  Einoder, L D ^a,b,c   Page, B ^b   Goldsworthy, S D ^b   De Little, S C ^a   Bradshaw, C J A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Area restricted search; First passage time; Foraging; Habitat associations; Neritic; Scale; Search effort; Tracking

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BROOD REARING; CHLOROPHYLL A; FEEDING GROUND; FISHERY; HABITAT SELECTION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY CAPTURE; SEABIRD; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; TRACKING; TRADE-OFF;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

AVES; PROCELLARIIDAE; PUFFINUS TENUIROSTRIS;

EID: 79957590648     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2010.02176.x     Document Type: Article

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