Diet variability and reproductive performance of macaroni penguins Eudyptes chrysolophus at Bird Island, South Georgia

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 466, Issue , 2012, Pages 261-274

  Waluda, Claire M ^a   Hill, Simeon L ^a   Peat, Helen J ^a   Trathan, Philip N ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Concorde fallacy; Diet; Ecosystem monitoring; Functional response; Krill; Macaroni penguin; Switching

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CLIMATE EFFECT; CRUSTACEAN; DIET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEEDING; FLEDGING; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; GROWTH RATE; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SEABIRD; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STOCK ASSESSMENT; VULNERABILITY;

ANTARCTICA; BIRD ISLAND [SOUTH GEORGIA]; SOUTH GEORGIA;

EID: 84867543565     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09930     Document Type: Article

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