Over-representation of bird prey in pellets of South Polar Skuas

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 979-983

  Santos, M Mercedes ^a   Juáres, Mariana A ^a,b   Rombolá, Emilce F ^a   García, Mirta L ^b,c   Coria, Néstor R ^a   Doncaster, C Patrick ^d  

^a INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

^b Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Dietary analysis; Pellet analysis; Regurgitate analysis; Sympatric

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BREEDING POPULATION; DIET; FEATHER; INGESTION RATE; MOSS; PREDATION; RAPTOR; SCAVENGING (FEEDING); SYMPATRY;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

AVES; BRYOPHYTA; CATHARACTA; CATHARACTA MACCORMICKI; SPHENISCIDAE; STERCORARIUS;

EID: 84865137542     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-012-0840-4     Document Type: Article

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