Parent-offspring dietary segregation of Cory's shearwaters breeding in contrasting environments

Marine Biology

Volumn 159, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1197-1207

  Alonso, Hany ^a,b   Granadeiro, José P ^d   Paiva, Vitor H ^b   Dias, Ana S ^c   Ramos, Jaime A ^b   Catry, Paulo ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^d Museu Nacional de Historia Natural Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; BREEDING SITE; CARBON ISOTOPE; COLONY; CONTINENTAL SHELF; GPS; NICHE PARTITIONING; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; PREY CAPTURE; SEABIRD; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AFRICA; BERLENGA ISLANDS; LEIRIA [PORTUGAL]; MADEIRA; PORTUGAL; SELVAGEM GRANDE; SELVAGENS;

AVES; CALONECTRIS DIOMEDEA; PROCELLARIIDAE;

EID: 84860637525     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-012-1900-2     Document Type: Article

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