Evidence for foraging -site fidelity and individual foraging behavior of pelagic cormorants rearing chicks in the gulf of Alaska

Condor

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 80-88

  Kotzerka, Jana ^a   Hatch, Scott A ^b   Garthe, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Diving activity; Foraging behavior; GPS dataloggers; Pelagic Cormorant; Phalacrocorax pelagicus; Site fidelity

Indexed keywords

AVES; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX PELAGICUS;

EID: 79957742207     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2011.090158     Document Type: Article

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