Foraging by little auks in the distant marginal sea ice zone during the chick-rearing period

Polar Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 73-81

  Jakubas, Dariusz ^a   Iliszko, Lech ^a   Wojczulanis Jakubas, Katarzyna ^a   Stempniewicz, Lech ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Alle alle; Bimodal foraging strategy; Foraging range; Little Auk; Spitsbergen

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; DATA ACQUISITION; FEEDING GROUND; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD PROVISIONING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GPS; PREY AVAILABILITY; RANGE SIZE; RESOURCE USE; SEA ICE; SEABIRD; STOPOVER;

ARCTIC; MAGDALENEFJORDEN; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ALLE ALLE; AVES; PINGUINUS;

EID: 82255163012     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-011-1034-x     Document Type: Article

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