Trophic interactions between brown and south polar skuas at Deception Island, Antarctica

Polar Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 299-304

  Grilli, Maricel Graña ^a   Montalti, Diego ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Diet composition; Niche breadth; Niche overlap; South Shetland Islands; Stercorarius

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COEXISTENCE; COLONY; DIET; DIGESTIBILITY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; NICHE BREADTH; NICHE OVERLAP; POLAR REGION; POULTRY; SEABIRD; SYMPATRY; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ANTARCTICA; DECEPTION ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

CATHARACTA; CATHARACTA MACCORMICKI; SPHENISCIDAE; STERCORARIUS;

EID: 84855354976     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-011-1054-6     Document Type: Article

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