Stable isotopes in southern rockhopper penguins: Foraging areas and sexual differences in the non-breeding period

Polar Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1763-1773

  Dehnhard, Nina ^a   Voigt, Christian C ^b   Poisbleau, Maud ^a,c   Demongin, Laurent ^a,c   Quillfeldt, Petra ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Non breeding season; Southern rockhopper penguin; Stable isotope analysis; Winter distribution

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; BREEDING SEASON; CELL ORGANELLE; FOOD WEB; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEABIRD; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS);

AVES; EUDYPTES CHRYSOCOME; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 80053935438     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-011-1026-x     Document Type: Article

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