Overnight foraging trips by chick-rearing Nazca Boobies Sula granti and the risk of attack by predatory fish

Ibis

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-73

  Zavalaga, Carlos B ^a,d   Emslie, Steven D ^a   Estela, Felipe A ^b   Müller, Martina S ^b   Dell'Omo, Giacomo ^c   Anderson, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Ornis Italica   (Italy)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

At sea movements; Foot damage; GPS loggers; Shark predation; Sula granti

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BROOD REARING; DIVING BEHAVIOR; ENCOUNTER RATE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GPS; INJURY; LIMB; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PREDATION RISK; SEABIRD; SHARK;

ECUADOR; ESPANOLA; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS;

EID: 83755186560     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2011.01198.x     Document Type: Article

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