Prey search behavior of the imperial cormorant (Phalacrocorax atriceps) during the breeding season at Punta Len, Argentina

Waterbirds

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 312-323

  Harris, Sabrina ^a   Quintana, Flavio ^a,b   Rey, Andrea Raya ^c  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^b C1426AKC Ciudad de Buenos Aires ^*  (Argentina)

^c CENTRO AUSTRAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS CADIC CONICET   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Area Restricted Search; Imperial Cormorant; Phalacrocorax atriceps; search behavior

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BREEDING SEASON; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GPS; MIGRATION ROUTE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SEABIRD;

ARGENTINA; CHUBUT; PUNTA LEON;

PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX ATRICEPS;

EID: 84865763302     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/063.035.0212     Document Type: Article

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