Diet of the Australasian gannet (Morus serrator) at Farewell Spit, New Zealand

Notornis

Volumn 59, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 66-70

  Schuckard, Rob ^a   Melville, David S ^a   Cook, Willie ^a   Capuska, Gabriel E Machovsky ^b  

^a Massey University ^*  (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bioindicators; Diet; Farewell Spit; Foraging strategies; Fsh stocks; Gannets

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; BREEDING SEASON; CLUPEOID; DIET; DIETARY SHIFT; FOOD CONSUMPTION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MASS MORTALITY; PREDATOR; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY SELECTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SCHOOLING BEHAVIOR; SEABIRD; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

FAREWELL SPIT; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; TASMAN;

AVES; ENGRAULIDAE; ENGRAULIS AUSTRALIS; MORUS (BIRD); MORUS SERRATOR; SARDINOPS NEOPILCHARDUS; SULIDAE;

EID: 84862904255     PISSN: 00294470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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